About the services we offer:

All clinical services are delivered within an interdisciplinary model. This allows us to integrate all our resources in developing comprehensive holistic treatment planning and services individualized to specific patient needs. This interdisciplinary team is compromised of the following services:

Medical Services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days per week, by a staff of medical doctors which includes psychiatrists, physician extenders, and contract physicians. Staff physicians have the overall responsibility for the quality and appropriateness of all medical services provided to the patients of JFK ADATC.

Psychological Services include provision of diagnostic testing, consultation services to the interdisciplinary treatment teams, and provision of specialized psychotherapy for identified patients.

Nursing Services are provided on site 24 hours a day, seven days per week, by a staff of clinical nurse specialists, nurse supervisors, lead nurses, and health care technicians under the Director of Nursing Services.

Counseling/Social Work Services are engaged in assisting patients to become actively involved in their own recovery. This is achieved though assessment, treatment planning, group therapy, individual therapy, and continuing care planning.

Family Services are offered to family members or significant others in weekly family educational and support groups. Weekly multifamily groups are held as well as individual family sessions when recommended by the interdisciplinary treatment team. Counseling/Social Work, Rehabilitation Therapy and Substance Abuse services are prominently involved in these services.

Substance Abuse Education Services offer daily classes and meetings regarding alcohol and other drug dependence education. These classes provide patients with information about their disease and provide skills of recovery including relapse information.

Rehabilitation Therapy Services provide recreational therapy seven days per week to improve, develop, and/or maintain physical, psychological, emotional, and/or social behaviors. Rehabilitation Therapy Services assist patients in developing self-esteem, independent leisure activities, and assertiveness techniques. Additionally, all patients participate in team building team and trust activities.

Additionally, we offer classes to explore gender specific issues of substance abuse. We also have staff trained to provide state of the art treatment options.

These core program functions are supported by auxiliary services of Vocational Rehabilitation, a GED Program, and an Adult Basic Education Program.

Detox Unit: We also have a 10 bed Detox/Crisis unit for out catchment area. This unit provides medically monitored services to substance abuse patients in crisis. Patients requiring a higher level of care are referred to other medically managed facilities. Referrals are made through area mental health programs in conjunction with judicial commitment. An interdisciplinary team provides clinical services for each patient.