Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 2392 North Edgewood Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32254
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<p><strong>ABOUT NORTHWEST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.</strong></p> <p>Established 25 years ago, Northwest Behavioral Health Services, Inc. exists to improve the quality of life for <strong>children, adults, and their families experiencing mental health problems</strong> and other at-risk behaviors. Today, at its four different facilities in Jacksonville, Fla., the private, nonprofit agency - amongst the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">282 (42.2 percent)</a> in the state - offers <strong>outpatient psychiatric counseling and therapy</strong>, an assortment of community-based services, and a <strong>supportive housing unit</strong> for persons with disabilities.</p> <p>Northwest Behavioral Health Services also provides services for the deaf, hard of hearing, and those in need of interpretation.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Programming at Northwest Behavioral Health Services is designed to assist adults and youth <strong>develop the skills and the confidence</strong> they may be lacking, thereby improving their overall ability to function. Of the many services offered here, outpatients may receive bio-psychosocial assessments and <strong>private counseling for substance abuse rehabilitation</strong>, attend therapy in group settings and alongside their families, and undergo <strong>medical case management</strong>.</p> <p>The nonprofit agency also works in conjunction with various <strong>community support systems</strong> to meet the mental and emotional needs of its clients. These include communal and <strong>school-based therapeutic programs</strong>, support groups for parents, forensic services, and case management. This is also among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">487 (72.9 percent)</a> centers that offers <strong>education on HIV/AIDS</strong>.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Holding license with the state of Florida and accreditation with CARF, Northwest Behavioral Health Services, Inc. staffs a <strong>medical doctor who specializes in adult and child psychiatry</strong>.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>A former program participant had a positive experience with the agency, noting the staff’s resolve to “do everything in (their) power" in assisting clients overcome their challenges. “If you need more days they will give it to you (and) help you (through) it all,” they commented.</p> <p>In their Rehabs.com survey, the anonymous alum gave a perfect five stars for the treatment of <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring disorders,</a> the staff’s level of training and experience, and the counseling options available. Exercise and leisure options received a more moderate rating of three stars.</p> <p>Reviews on secondary sites are scarce, but negative. Four Google reviewers gave an average rating of <strong>two stars out of five to date</strong>.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> One user commented, "No help," and another added, "Clients reported they did not see their Case Manager's hardly ever! When you call you can never get a direct answer." Yet another individual felt that <strong>medication had been mismanaged and that counselors were not qualified for their roles.</strong></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>Commentary provided by the sole loved one to Rehabs.com to date was also rather negative. They gave only two stars for the metric measuring treatment effectiveness, adding, “Nothing to say they failed to save him.”</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to its website, the nonprofit agency prides itself in offering “cost effective services” and maintains that financial issues “need not be a barrier to obtaining needed services.”</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Northwest+Behavioral+Health+Services%2C+Inc.+in+Jacksonville%2C+FL&rlz=1C1RUCY_enUS690US690&oq=Northwest+Behavioral+Health+Services%2C+Inc.+in+Jacksonville%2C+FL&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x88e5b9816c67fcbf:0x52bba334dee54dab,1,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2018-12-20 09:47:04 PST
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