Penobscot Community Health Center - Bangor Maine

Types of Care at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings at Penobscot Community Health Center

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at Penobscot Community Health Center

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment at Penobscot Community Health Center

• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches at Penobscot Community Health Center

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling
• trauma-related counseling

FacilityOwnership at Penobscot Community Health Center

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation at Penobscot Community Health Center

• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• National Committee for Quality Assurance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Military insurance
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at Penobscot Community Health Center

• transitional age young adults
• adult women
• pregnant/postpartum women
• adult men
• seniors and older adults
• lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT)
• veterans
• active duty military
• military families
• court/judicial system clients
• people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
• people with HIV or AIDS
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring substance use and pain

Assessment/Pre-treatment at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Screening & Testing at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services at Penobscot Community Health Center

• case management
• early intervention for HIV
• mental health services
• transportation assistance
• mentoring/peer support

Other Addictions Treatment at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder

Counseling Services and Education at Penobscot Community Health Center

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education, support and counseling
• health education services

Medical Services at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Hepatitis A vaccination
• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted at Penobscot Community Health Center

• adults
• young adults

Gender Accepted at Penobscot Community Health Center

• women
• men

Services for deaf at Penobscot Community Health Center

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available