Healthy Partnerships - Fairfield

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Through services for substance abuse, alcohol abuse and mental health, Healthy Partnerships' mission is to increase the general health and well being of individuals, families and communities in Solano County.

The road to recovery is a partnership.

Healthy Partnerships
1735 Enterprise Dr #105A
Fairfield CA 94533-6822
Tel: 707 425-1799
Fax: 707 425-1081

The mission of Healthy Partnerships is to increase the general health and well being of individuals, families and communities, specializing in a full range of Adult Outpatient Behavioral Health Care and Driving Under the Influence Services.

SERVICES: OVERVIEW

Healthy Partnerships (HP) is a behavioral healthcare provider committed to serving a diversity of Solano County residents with effective Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health (MH) treatment services in an atmosphere of compassion, respect and cultural competence. HP has a deep and abiding faith in the value of treatment, and a strong commitment to help reduce suffering in this most stigmatized of societal groups ­– this faith is at the core of our efforts as a behavioral healthcare provider.

We believe in the Bio/psycho/social Model of Disease/Treatment (Engel, 1977). This framework for understanding health and disease is a template for all our treatment interventions. It allows for a plan of treatment that considers the biological and psychological elements while exploiting the intrinsic value of the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist.

Recovery Model – Our staff's personal and professional experience with recovery also informs a strong belief in the therapeutic value of the social milieu. This belief engenders a firm conviction that self-help and peer support systems should be part of effective treatment planning and service delivery. This effective coupling of appropriate psychopharmacological, psychotherapy/counseling (Cognitive Behavioral) and social therapies has, in our experience, led to positive treatment outcomes in most individuals experiencing behavioral health illnesses.

Effective behavioral healthcare treatment cannot be viewed in isolation. We recognize and understand the importance of addressing the overlap of poor physical health,lack of interpersonal skills, family violence and criminal justice involvement. These are the legacy of poverty and are endemic to populations in need of AOD/MH treatment services. HP understands the interrelated nature of these problems and that their solutions often require help from other systems (child-welfare, probation, primary healthcare etc.).

At the outset of our clinical experience with substance abuse referrals (BASN, Drug Court, Probation and DUI) HP staff realized that mental health issues were prevalent among our referral base. The relationships between chronic substance abuse and psychiatric symptoms and disorders are well documented in the scientific literature. (Landry et. al., 1991a; Lehman et. al., 1989; Meyer, 1985). Because we found these relationships to be existent among our clients, we took steps to address them.

Referral to publicly funded mental health services is seldom possible for the non-severely, persistently, mentally ill (SPMI). Many of our BASN, Drug Court, Probation and even some of our DUI clients exhibit significant mental health symptoms (e.g.: anxiety; depression; cognitive impairment; and poor social function) below the SPMI threshold. These clients experience significant emotional pain and turmoil, making it difficult for them to respond to substance abuse mono-therapy. As a result we included mental health treatment as a necessary adjunct to our AOD treatment effort. We augmented AOD treatment with individual counseling to clients exhibiting mental health symptoms and/or lack of progress in treatment.

Clients are seen on a weekly basis in an effort to both stabilize the client and further identify the underlying cause of the presenting behaviors. Les Kalman, MD, Ph.D. furnishes psychiatric evaluations to:
1) identify co-morbid AOD and mental health problems; and
2) “tease” out drug and alcohol toxicity or withdrawal symptoms.

Dr. Kalman also evaluates clients who are currently prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the appropriateness and level of compliance, as well as adjust their medications when necessary.