Insight House Chem Depend Servs Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic
(315) 724-5168x266
www.insighthouse.com
500 Whitesboro Street
Utica NY 13502

Rehabilitation Services

Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment
Type of Care: Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups: Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

Executive Medicine

Executive Medicine doctors and physician groups are coming together to customize health programs for groups of executives and independent businesses with an objective of reducing the lost productivity time. At the core of many Executive Healthcare packages is an Executive Physical. In many instances, the doctor will travel to company facilities in order to perform a basic physical for all executive members. In others, as in the case of Elite IPA, the office visit is an option, but executives are given the benefit of in-depth diagnostic treatment, which allows for an even more in-depth analysis of their health than what is typical. This level of physical, given at a time that is convenient for the executive, is to have a positive impact on the bottom line. The average wait to see a physician is 68 minutes. There is no wait with the IPA Health associates for executives. IPA works around the schedule. Nor does IPA rush the visit. The visit is complete only when all of the concerns and questions answered. For those who prefer to communicate in writing, IPA is only an e-mail away. IPA physicians travel with hand-held e-mail devices around the clock for quick response. Of course there are times when one just wants to speak directly with the doctor on the telephone.One of the first things given to a new patient is the doctor’s personal cell phone number. Wherever business or pleasure takes you, IPA is just a phone call away. Turn to IPA’s Executive Medicine for a complete executive physical that looks at the health from all angles. True health and wellness are only achieved when there is a good understanding of the family history, personal medical history. IPA offers the latest in both non-invasive and blood-based cardiovascular screening testing. For early cancer detection, there may be reason to consider modern scanning approaches, including the PET technology. The integration of state-of-the-art cancer detection approach is a major feature of the program, as is ready access to leading specialists for preventive consultations.

Drug Abuse Crime Connection

It is easy to see the connection between drug abuse and crime. Drug abuse is criminal in the following ways: drug possession or sales; to drug abuse e.g., stealing to get money for drugs; and a drug abuse lifestyle that predisposes the drug abuser to engage in illegal activity, like associating with other offenders or dealing in illicit markets. Individuals who use illicit drugs are more likely to commit crimes and it is common for individuals who had used drugs or alcohol to commit many offenses, including violent crimes.
After a nationally representative survey of state correctional agencies in 2005, Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ–DATS) investigators estimated that nearly 8 million adults were involved in the justice system (Taxman, Young, Wiersema, et al., 2007). Almost 5 million individuals are on probation or under parole supervision (Glaze and Bonczar, 2006; Taxman, Young, Wiersema, et al., 2007), with drug law violators accounting for the largest percentage of these parolees. The substance abuse or dependence rates of offenders are more than four times that of the general population (National Institute of Justice, 2003; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006). In a 2004 survey, the Bureau of Justice Statistics BJS estimated that about 53 percent of state and 45 percent of federal prisoners met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria for drug abuse or dependence (Mumola and Karberg, 2006). Of those surveyed, 14.8 percent of state and 17.4 percent of federal prisoners reported having drug treatment since admission (Mumola and Karberg, 2006). Juvenile justice systems also report high levels of drug abuse. A survey of juvenile detainees in 2000 found that about 56 percent of the boys and 40 percent of the girls tested positive for drug use at the time of arrest (National Institute of Justice, 2003).
Although there has been an increased interest in providing substance abuse treatment services for criminal justice offenders, in the last decade, only a small percentage of offenders have access to adequate services, especially in jails and community correctional facilities (Taxman, Perdoni and Harrison, 2007). Not only is there a gap in the availability of these services for offenders, but often there are few choices in the types of services provided. Treatment is of insufficient quality and intensity or is not well suited to the needs of offenders and may not yield meaningful reductions in drug use and recidivism. Untreated substance abusing offenders are more likely to relapse to drug abuse and return to criminal behavior than treated offenders. Relapse can bring about re-arrest and re-incarceration, jeopardizing public health and public safety and taxing criminal justice system resources. Treatment offers the best alternative for interrupting the drug abuse/criminal justice cycle for offenders with drug abuse problems.
Drug abuse treatment can be incorporated into criminal justice settings in a variety of ways. These include treatment as a condition of probation; drug courts that blend judicial monitoring and sanctions with treatment; treatment in prison followed by community-based treatment after release; and treatment under parole or probation supervision. Actual drug abuse treatment efficiency can benefit from the cross-agency coordination and collaboration of criminal justice professionals, substance abuse treatment providers and other social service agencies. By working together, the criminal justice and treatment systems can optimize resources to benefit the health, safety and wellbeing of the individuals and communities they serve.