Squaxin Island Tribe Behavioral Health

About Squaxin Island Tribe Behavioral Health

Type of Care

1. Substance use treatment

Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

2. Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Refers to treatment services intended to help their clients’ ability to function as a result of substance use and/or mental disorders. By definition, serious mental illness is someone over 18 having (within the past year) a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. For people under the age of 18, the term ‟Serious Emotional Disturbance” refers to a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in the past year, which resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the child’s role or functioning in family, school, or community activities.

Type of Opioid Treatment

1. Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

1. Cognitive behavioral therapy

Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

2. Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

3. Substance use disorder counseling

A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

4. Brief intervention

A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.

5. Relapse prevention

A cognitive behavioral therapy developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for treatment of cocaine addiction. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.

Facility Smoking Policy

1. Smoking permitted without restriction

Smoking permitted with no restriction.

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

1. Outpatient

Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

2. Intensive outpatient treatment

3. Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

1. Tribal government

A governing body of a group of Native American Indians or Alaska Natives that qualifies as an Indian tribal government determined by the Internal Revenue Services.

License/Certification/Accreditation

1. State Substance use treatment agency

Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.

2. State mental health department

Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring critical mental health services in their respective state.

3. State department of health

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

1. Medicaid

A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

2. State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

3. Private health insurance

4. Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

5. IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds

Direct funds from the Indian Health Service. They consist of tribal funds through "638 contracts" (named after the public law under which they were authorized) and/or urban funds through federal Title 5 grants. These funds are considered part of the Indian healthcare system and can be used for programs that provide behavioral health services as well as for programs that provide other health-related services.

Education and Counseling Services

1. Individual counseling

Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

2. Group counseling

Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

3. Family counseling

A type of psychological counseling (psychotherapy) that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts.

4. Marital/couples counseling

5. Substance use disorder education

Age Groups Accepted

1. Children/Adolescents

Facility accepts children/adolescents (17 or younger) for treatment.

2. Adults

Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.

Gender Accepted

1. Female

Female

2. Male

Male

Transitional Services

1. Aftercare/continuing care

Testing

1. Drug or alcohol urine screening

Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.

Ancillary Services

1. Mental health services

Assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions or disorders.