Sweetser Clinic

Responding to the unique strengths and needs of each child

One of Maine’s most comprehensive mental health organization for adults

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Deb Taylor Honored in 2016 Mainebiz Women to Watch - Deb Taylor, president and CEO of Sweetser, and Julia Birtolo, a special education teacher and farm manager more

Sweetser Awarded Contract to Provide Recovery-Based Peer Training Statewide - Saco, ME – July 18, 2016 – The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, in more

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Primary Focus of the Provider

• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Use methadone/buprenorphoine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• Council on Accreditation

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

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Ancillary Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• DUI/DWI clients

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