Carrier Clinic
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Carrier Clinic is an American
private, not-for-profit behavioral healthcare system, that specializes in psychiatric and addiction
treatment. Carrier’s system includes: 281 licensed bed inpatient psychiatric hospital
, 32 bed detoxification and rehabilitation
center, a 78 bed adolescent residential facility, and a fully accredited middle and high school for students classified emotionally disturbed.
Since 1910, Carrier has offered a wide array of specialized services to care for individuals suffering from psychiatric and addictive illness. Treatment for illnesses such as anxiety
, depression
, dementia
and substance dependence
is offered to individuals of every age, specialized services for the older adult, and electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis.
United States
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private, not-for-profit behavioral healthcare system, that specializes in psychiatric and addiction
Substance dependence
The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all. It explains:...
treatment. Carrier’s system includes: 281 licensed bed inpatient psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
, 32 bed detoxification and rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
center, a 78 bed adolescent residential facility, and a fully accredited middle and high school for students classified emotionally disturbed.
Since 1910, Carrier has offered a wide array of specialized services to care for individuals suffering from psychiatric and addictive illness. Treatment for illnesses such as anxiety
Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. The root meaning of the word anxiety is 'to vex or trouble'; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness,...
, depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
, dementia
Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
and substance dependence
Substance dependence
The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all. It explains:...
is offered to individuals of every age, specialized services for the older adult, and electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy , formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Its mode of action is unknown...
(ECT) services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis.