Substance Abuse Treatment Unit

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1 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 6511, USA

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 The Connecticut Mental Health Center  The Substance Abuse Treatment UnitOne Long Wharf Drive, Box 18New Haven, CT  06511(203) 974-5777 Tel.    (203) 974-5790 Fax Promoting Change, Hope, and Recovery About UsThe Substance Abuse Treatment Unit (SATU) of the Connecticut Mental Health Center, is a cooperative endeavor of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DHMAS) and the Department of Psychiatry of Yale University School of Medicine. Since 1968, SATU has provided substance abuse evaluations, treatment, and referrals for the Greater New Haven community.

 The Connecticut Mental Health Center 

The Substance Abuse Treatment UnitOne Long Wharf Drive, Box 18New Haven, CT  06511(203) 974-5777 Tel.    (203) 974-5790 Fax

Promoting Change, Hope, and Recovery

The services available at SATU could help you:

For more information about services or to schedule an evaluation, call: (203) 974-5777*  (*Dial zero to reach the receptionist).

Substance Abuse Treatment Unit1 Long Wharf Drive, Box 18; New Haven, CT 06511Phone: (203) 974-5777 Fax (203) 974-5790

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Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

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

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • Computerized treatment
  • Psychiatric hospital

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • State Government
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Hospital licensing authority
  • The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adolescents
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • 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

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Unit

    1 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 6511

Rehabilitation Process