Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 6700 Eucalyptus Drive, Suite A, Bakersfield, CA 93306
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<p><strong>ABOUT CRESTWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH – BAKERSFIELD</strong></p> <p>With more than 20 treatment facilities throughout California, Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. provides a continuum of services for <strong>adults struggling with mental health disorders</strong>. Crestwood Behavioral Health Center in Bakersfield has been providing residential treatment services since 1998, with a <strong>focus on wellness recovery, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)</strong>, and a self-help recovery system “designed to decrease symptoms, increase personal responsibility, and improve the quality of life.” </p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>According to the facility’s website, to be admitted to Crestwood Behavioral Health Center in Bakersfield, <strong>clients must have a diagnosed chronic mental illness</strong>. In addition to voluntary admission, the facility treats clients on Lanterman Petris Short (LPS) conservatorship, Murphy conservatorship, and 180-day post-certification holds, as well as those who have been determined incompetent to stand trial for misdemeanor offenses (MIST).</p> <p>Community integration and dual recovery are core tenets of treatment. <strong>Clients follow an individualized Wellness Recovery Action Plan</strong> (WRAP), which guides their progress through the structured levels of the program at their own pace. DBT helps clients manage their responses to daily situations and consists of <strong>weekly individual therapy sessions</strong>, diary cards, and skills training for emotional regulation, mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. The curriculum also includes community service, peer mentorship, and pre-vocational training. In addition, the facility offers <strong>ongoing medication management</strong> and education. </p> <p>There also is a program based on <strong>12-step principles</strong> for clients with <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders</a>. Along with therapeutic counseling sessions and life skills training, dually diagnosed clients may also attend 12-step meetings, study fellowship literature, and attend workshops on "step-work."</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Crestwood Behavioral Health is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Its website indicates the Bakersfield treatment team includes a clinical director, program director, psychiatrist, medical doctor, along with nurses and licensed clinical social workers.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Crestwood Behavioral Health Center is a 24-hour facility with round-the-clock staffing and assistance. In additional to therapeutic programming, clients participate in a recreational program, which offers exercise and social activities at least three times per week. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>While Rehabs.com has yet to receive alumni feedback to date for the Bakersfield location, secondary sources revealed <strong>moderately positive opinions</strong> of the facility. On Google reviews, nine individuals gave Crestwood Behavioral Health Center an <strong>average rating of 3.3 out of five stars</strong> at the time of this writing.[1] Opinions straddled the five-point scale with six reviewers rating the facility between five and three stars, while three individuals assigned the facility one star. </p> <p>On its unofficial Facebook page, the facility received an average rating of <strong>3.8 out of five stars based on eight reviews</strong>. [2] Of the total, half awarded the facility perfect five-star ratings. Representative reviewer Crystal wrote: “The staff are kind loving and compassionate towards another while in the building. The workers hold no grudges or use any force period.” William, another five-star reviewer, added: “Top notch facility. I highly recommend this place.” Other reviewers did not leave any commentary.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The sole loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date offered mixed opinions of the facility. They provided four out of five-star ratings for the amount of family participation and the facility's affordability, but offered three-star ratings for the staff’s level of training and experience, its holistic offerings, exercise and leisure activities, and for the facility's overall cleanliness. The reviewer regarded counselors and most of the staff as "nice" and "helpful," but described the nursing staff "rude."</p> <p>On Google reviews, loved one Genie wrote: “So thankful for places like this. My brother is getting the medication he needs and is recuperating well. Staff is friendly and cooperative.” </p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided on the facility's website regarding its costs.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/ZBmVRE" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/ZBmVRE</a></small></p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com.pages/crestwood-Behavioral-Health-Ce/12198617818294" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com.pages/crestwood-Behavioral-Health-Ce/12198617818294</a></small></p>
— Sherry Adler · 2018-03-12 14:52:24 PDT
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