This inpatient service at ECHC provides care for individuals in need of acute substance use related medical interventions and counseling services. Care is provided through an interdisciplinary team, including nurse practitioners, nurses and social work staff.
Interns provide individual and group substance use treatment, along with serving a mental health liaison role to identify mental health needs among these patients and assist in providing appropriate service linkages. Given that patient admission is quite brief (e.g., about four days), the focus of group and individual treatment are brief interventions.