Women in Treatment
(WIT)
The Women In
Treatment (WIT) program provides gender specific,
culturally-appropriate, focused methadone maintenance services to
substance abusing women from New Haven, with an emphasis on
African-American and Hispanic women. The treatment philosophy is that
there is a close correlation between substance abuse, psychological
history, and socioeconomic factors, and that truly effective treatment
must concern itself with all of those elements.
To enter the program, patients must be female, at least 21 years old and
reside in the Greater New Haven area. They also must be able to
demonstrate a one year history of addiction to opiates. Pregnant women
are considered a medical emergency and are admitted immediately. Patients are required to have a physical examination, pregnancy test, TB
test and blood work prior to admission.
Additional services provided include:
Child care services on the premises for children while the parent
attends counseling.
A once weekly group to prepare the new patient for the methadone
maintenance program and related services that promote recovery.
Hour long counseling sessions to address the patient's psychological
and/or psychiatric issues.
A once weekly counseling group that meets for 12 weeks to help patients
look at triggers for their cocaine use as well as specific behavioral
strategies to help them stop using cocaine.
To Enter Treatment - call Central Opiate Intake center at (203)
781-2736.
Holistic Treatment Services
(HTS)
and Holistic Women's Services (HWS)
are specialized methadone maintenance programs designed for patients
who are HIV positive or living with AIDS.
For
more information about HTS/HWS, see our section on Methadone
Treatment.
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APT
Foundation, Inc.
One Long Wharf Drive, Suite 321
New Haven, CT 06511
Telephone 203-781-4600
FAX 203-781-4624
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