Natchaug Hospital Care Plus
1353 Gold Star Highway
Groton, CT 06340
About Natchaug Hospital Care Plus
Care Plus in Groton, Connecticut, offers a medication assisted treatment close to home (MATCH) program. It’s used to treat opioid and alcohol use disorders. By combining medication and therapy, MATCH helps people reach recovery.
Care Plus is part of Hartford HealthCare behavioral healthcare. They offer both mental health and substance abuse recovery services. They accept health plans and have convenient self pay methods.
Clients can access several FDA-approved medications to treat opioid and alcohol use disorders. They prescribed buprenorphine based medications such as Suboxone, Zubsolv, and Bunavail as well as Naltrexone, including Revia and Vivitrol.
For alcohol use disorders they may give clients Antabuse, Acamprosate-Campral or Naltrexone. MATCH gives patients a lower risk of abuse, fewer side effects, long effects of the medication and usually once a day dosing.
In addition to medication, you’ll also get comprehensive behavioral therapies tailored to your needs. This may include individual, family and group counseling. Some clients benefit from intensive outpatient therapy that includes MATCH. If outdoor excursions help you stay calm and unwind after a hard day, the Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area is nearby.
Care Plus knows that privacy is an essential part of recovery. Their program maximized privacy by letting you fill your medications at your local pharmacy. There’s no need to visit a clinic. The group therapy sessions are in small groups and are housed separately for patient discretion. I like that they offer accommodating schedules to suit working professionals.
They also offer a course to enable you to become a certified recovery support specialist. After the course, you'll take a State of Connecticut exam so that you can support people in recovery from substance use disorder.