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📍 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
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<p><strong>ABOUT BROOKWOOD BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER — BIRMINGHAM</strong></p> <p>Brookwood Baptist Medical Center is a medical network that formed in 2015 from the merging of Baptist Health System and Brookwood Medical Center. It runs five hospitals and dozens of specialty centers in central Alabama.</p> <p>This center five miles south of downtown Birmingham offers a wide variety of health services, including a <strong>psychiatric department</strong> that provides <strong>residential and outpatient care</strong> for adult (19 to 64 years old) and geriatric (over 60 years old) clients. Medical detox is available at the Talladega and Jasper locations.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Treatment begins with an initial assessment and evaluation that helps staff determine the best course of care. Each individual is given a <strong>personalized care plan</strong> and referred to the appropriate care track.</p> <p>Residential programming aims to treat <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring mental health disorders</a> such as depression, anxiety, panic disorders, eating disorders, and schizophrenia. Treatment includes daily therapy that may combine <strong>individual, group, and family therapy</strong> with nutritional counseling, occupational therapy, art therapy, <strong>animal therapy,</strong> and/or recreational therapy. The facility is also equipped to work with trauma.</p> <p><a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">Individualized aftercare plans</a> are designed for each client and may include outpatient services such as the <strong>partial hospitalization program (PHP)</strong>. The program lasts two to three weeks and offers six hours of sessions a day, including <strong>group, individual, and cognitive therapies.</strong></p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>According to Brookwood Baptist’s website, the treatment team includes doctors, therapists, nurses, case managers, social workers, and mental health associates.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided on the facility's website or otherwise regarding its living arrangements and related offerings; however, the six individuals polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave an average of 4.83 out of five stars for the quality of the accommodations, 4.33 stars for meals and nutrition, and 4.25 stars for the facility’s cleanliness.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The two alumni polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing each gave the facility five out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness, accommodations, and meals and nutrition, as well as four- and five-star ratings for its counseling options, exercise and leisure provisions, and the strength of its 12-step program.</p> <p>Both reviewers gave lower ratings for the holistic options available at the facility, giving a two-star and a three-star rating.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The three loved ones polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing offered positive feedback,indicating that <strong>they would recommend treatment</strong> at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center of Birmingham. They gave average ratings of 4.67 out of five stars for the staff’s level of training and experience, and four stars for the family program and counseling options. Most loved ones also commented on the staff’s attentiveness and compassion. Blair wrote: “They are compassionate and it is a great place, [but] the stay time should be longer.”</p> <p>These reviewers also indicated that while the center provides a high quality of basic care, <strong>extracurricular activities were lacking.</strong> In otherwise very positive reviews, one anonymous reviewer wrote: “Some therapy treatments useless,” and another told Rehabs.com: “Nowhere to exercise.” These reviewers agreed with alumni, and gave the facility an average rating of just 1.67 out of five for its holistic options.</p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>At the time of this writing, a single staff member has provided Rehabs.com with feedback. The reviewer gave low ratings for treatment effectiveness and accommodations while moderate ratings went to meals, holistic and counseling options, and affordability. Additionally, they indicated that strengths of the program were the detox and aftercare programs.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to its website, Brookwood Baptist accepts a variety of insurance plans, as well as Medicare and Medicaid for some services. There are also <strong>financial assistance programs</strong> for uninsured clients.</p>
— Lizz Crozier · 2017-11-28 10:28:08 PST
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