Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge

About Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge

Mount Auburn Hospital’s Prevention and Recovery Center is a hospital based outpatient addiction program in Cambridge, Massachusetts serving adults age 18 and older. As part of a longstanding teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School the center delivers care that connects recovery to whole person medical and behavioral health support.

The program treats substance use and compulsive gambling with support for co-occurring concerns like anxiety and depression, PTSD and anger management, co-dependency, and relapse prevention.

Substance Use Treatment With Hospital Resources

The Prevention and Recovery Center offers outpatient treatment built around therapy and medication evaluation and monitoring. Care begins with an intake session to develop a treatment plan that fits each patient’s goals and clinical needs.

Sessions draw on evidence based approaches such as CBT and DBT, motivational interviewing and trauma informed counseling, and relapse prevention. Because the program sits within a full service hospital patients can also access behavioral health, primary care, and smoking cessation resources for coordinated dual diagnosis support.

Specialized Care for Gambling Disorder and Family Support

Beyond alcohol and drug use the center is one of the few hospital based programs in the area to explicitly treat compulsive gambling. The team also extends support to families, employers and physicians, and social service agencies affected by or responding to addiction recognizing recovery as a community effort.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Alcohol Rehab
If you’re looking to break free of dependence on alcohol, a high-quality alcohol rehab in Massachusetts can help. Common services include counseling and classes on coping skills, emotional management, communication, and other key life skills. Alcohol rehab programs can provide inpatient or outpatient treatment.
Drug Rehab
If you choose a drug rehab in Massachusetts, you’ll receive professional treatment that will help you break free of addiction. Drug treatment programs address the mental, emotional, and relational issues that may contribute to addiction. You’ll learn to build a new support network that supports your long-term sobriety.
Dual Diagnosis
During dual diagnosis treatment in Massachusetts, you’ll receive integrated care for your mental health and substance use concerns, helping you establish long-term recovery. Dual diagnosis programs may offer detox, inpatient treatment, and/or outpatient care. The key is that they provide integrated treatment for both mental health symptoms and substance use.

Levels of Care

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Outpatient Rehab
During outpatient treatment in Massachusetts, each client attends multiple hours of care per week while living independently outside of treatment. Outpatient treatment is commonly a follow-up to residential treatment and may be used to help with skill-building, education, and to practice your new habits in daily life.

Therapies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Not everything we think is true or helpful. Cognitive behavioral therapy in Massachusetts teaches you to challenge distorted thinking so you can see things more clearly and choose healthier responses. CBT is a common part of both inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment and may be used to help with skill-building, overcoming problematic behavior, and managing substance use triggers.
Individual Therapy
You’re not alone as you work through addiction in Massachusetts. Individual therapy gives you a professional who’s on your side to help you build a new life. Individual focuses on improving both behavioral and emotional health. You may explore thought processes, develop motivation to change, and/or explore past events that may have played a part in your substance use.