Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center

About Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center

The Van Dyke ATC is a "Tobacco-Free" chemical dependency service (the use or possession of tobacco products and paraphernalia is not allowed and nicotine dependence is treated along with other addictions).
Services are provided to address the basic health care needs of each patient while addressing the specific physical, psychological and social symptoms associated with psychoactive substance abuse.
Treatment services at the Van Dyke ATC are provided within a healthcare context which recognizes alcoholism and other psychoactive substance dependencies as treatable illnesses of and by themselves, although they may co-exist with other physical and emotional problems.
While there are similarities for many in treatment, an individualized treatment plan is developed for each patient and length of stay is determined by treatment progress.
Family members and friends who are supportive of the recovery process are encouraged to be actively involved with the treatment experience.


Criteria for Admission   
The individual appears to be in need of inpatient chemical dependency services.     The individual appears not to be in need of a higher level of care.     The individual is unable to participate in or comply with treatment outside of a 24 hour structured treatment setting based on one or more of the following:        a living environment not conducive to recovery,        physical or mental complications and co-morbidities requiring medical management,        a lack of judgment, insights, and motivation such as to require 24 hour supervision.    

Final admission decisions are always made by the ATCs medical director in compliance with utilization review standards.    
Individual must reside in catchment area (county covered by ATC) listed in directory.    
The individual must be at least 18. Under special circumstances, a person under 18 may be admitted.
Please contact your local ATC for details   
Fees based on Individual's ability to pay (No individuals denied access based on inability to pay)


Special Notes:   
Individuals must be able to climb stairs without assistance.     This is a tobacco free facility Nicotine Replacement Therapy is offered.  Inquiries for potential admissions can be made to Suzanne Panetti at Suzanne.Panetti@oasas.ny.gov or by calling 607-869-9500.

ServicesTREATMENT PHILOSOPHY:
Treatment services at the Van Dyke ATC are provided within a healthcare context which recognizes alcoholism and other psychoactive substance dependencies as treatable illnesses of and by themselves, although they may co-exist with other physical and emotional problems. While there are similarities for many in treatment, an individualized treatment plan is developed for each patient and length of stay is determined by treatment progress. Family members and friends who are supportive of the recovery process are encouraged to be actively involved with the treatment experience. Treatment services include group and individual therapy, didactic lectures and presentations which are used as a "teaching mechanism" so patients can learn more of the recovery skills needed to continue with abstinence and recovery. Another aspect of the Treatment Philosophy is the focus on an abstinence based approach to recovery and treatment services are provided 7 days per week, as the disease process continues 7 days per week. Participation in all aspects of the treatment program is required.

PERSON CENTERED TREATMENT:
The Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center subscribes to the philosophy of the Person-Centered Approach to treatment with those they serve.

What this means is:   
they work with the goals identified by the patient rather than to impose goals identified solely by the program;    they work to identify and to use patients' strengths, needs, abilities and preferences' to move forward in treatment;    they work with the patient to see how the goals and priorities of the treatment plan are 'linked' to their identified goals.

They focus on customer service and ask for feedback at several points in the treatment process from those persons they serve.
These include an Admission Survey, Facility meetings and completion of the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire.


GENDER-SPECIFIC TREATMENT:
Separate programs are provided for men and women allowing for the treatment to be tailored to the needs of each gender. Treatment of male patients tends to focus on issues of hostility and resentment toward authority and excessive self-reliance to the neglect of support-seeking. For women patients, the focus tends to be on issues of poor self-esteem and dependency on abusive relationships.

TOBACCO-FREE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAM:
"Tobacco-free" is a comprehensive approach to the management of nicotine dependence that integrates education, assessment and treatment into the chemical dependency program.

ADDICTION MEDICINE:
Various addiction medicines are used at the ATC when appropriate and as prescribed by our physician and carefully monitored by our nursing staff.

These medicines include:   
Naltrexone for alcohol cravings    Nicotine replacement therapy with patch and gum to aid in nicotine recovery    Suboxone for opiate withdrawal or maintenance    Acamprosate or Campral to help sustain abstinence  Wellbutrin as an aid in nicotine recovery    Disulfiram, commonly known as Antabuse, as an alcohol aversion medication.     Vivitrol as an alcohol and opiate aversion medication.

MEDICATION ASSISTED RECOVERY:
The Van Dyke ATC's clinical physician is a certified addiction medication specialist, and works closely with patients to address and manage medical issues in support of "Medication Assisted Recovery". The Van Dyke ATC provides training on Narcan (opiate overdose prevention) to individuals in treatment at the ATC and also provides this training to community members several times each year. If you are interested to attend the Narcan training, please contact the ATC Director.


NARCAN TRAINING:
The Van Dyke ATC provides training on Narcan (opiate overdose prevention) to individuals in treatment at the ATC and also provides this training to community members several times a year.
If you are interested in attending the Narcan training, please contact the ATC Director.