AMHC is a private, non-profit community health and social service organization with operations in Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington Counties Maine. We offer mobile crisis response and stabilization, outpatient, behavioral health home, rehabilitation, residential, peer support, supportive visitation, case management, and educational services to meet the community's mental health, substance use, and brain injury treatment and recovery needs.
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Services Offered
Emergency Services
Crisis Stabilization Crisis Stabilization provides crisis intervention, consultation, assessment, brief therapy, and referral through AMHC outpatient offices during regular business hours.
Crisis Stabilization Units AMHC operates three 24/7 Crisis Stabilization Units; one for adults and 2 for children and adolescents. The units are supervised and highly supportive short-term residential settings for individuals experiencing an acute emotional disturbance.
Maine Crisis Line The Maine Crisis Line provides telephone counseling and crisis intervention 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling 1-888-568-1112.
Mobile Crisis Response AMHC's Emergency Services Program delivers crisis services to include a Crisis HELPLine 24/7 telephone response, Crisis Mobile Resolution and Crisis Stabilization, and Crisis Stabilization Units (CSU) in Aroostook, Hancock and Washington Counties. These crisis intervention services are offered via telephone and face-to-face contact.
Sexual Assault Services Sexual Assault Services for Victims in Aroostook, Hancock & Washington Counties, Maine
Adult Services
Mental Health Community Integration AMHC offers the following for adults and families affected by serious mental illness: * Symptom management * Daily living, interpersonal relationship skill building and socialization * Nutrition and wellness information * Connection to needed health services
Residential Treatment Facility
In this peaceful setting, residential substance abuse services are available for: * Chemically dependent adults and older adolescents. * Family members, affected others, or co-dependent individuals.
Service Mission
AMHC's mission at the RTF is to provide an environment conducive to the development of healthy living skills through modeling, guidance, and education.
Adult Residential Living Adult Residential Living offers skills development and symptom management to individuals with serious mental illness who express a desire to live in an independent housing situation. Staff members help each person reach their individualized goals.
Residential Housing Residential Housing helps individuals with serious and persistent mental illness access and utilize all available resources to live independently.
Social Clubs Social Clubs offer companionship, company and support to individuals who are recovering from mental illness. Members enjoy a relaxed environment as they build friendships and participate in group activities, helping them to regain their sense of acceptance, self-worth, and purpose.
Transportation County Ride Program helps adults with chronic mental illness find local, affordable transportation that offers choices that are easily accessible throughout Aroostook County.
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Service Sites AMHC provides a multi-service continuum within an outpatient setting for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Speech and Language needs for the community. The multi-disciplinary team focuses on providing effective treatment interventions that support the individual and their family through a therapeutic relationship.
Downeast Treatment Center in Ellsworth AMHC's Downeast Treatment Center provides medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders.
Children's Behavioral Health Home A holistic service designed to help children manage their behavioral and emotional needs.
Adult Behavioral Health Home AMHC's Behavioral Health Home is a holistic service designed designed to help individuals manage their behavioral health and physical health illness.
Brain Injury Treatment AMHC's CARF accredited Center for Integrated Neuro-Rehab is a comprehensive brain injury therapeutic services center located in Caribou, Maine. The Center for Integrated Neuro-Rehab offers a unique, holistic approach to helping individuals recover from a brain injury.
Child and Family Services
Targeted Case Management Services AMHC provides Targeted Case Management Services to children ages of 0 to 20 who have a developmental disability or a mental health diagnosis. The focus of AMHC's Targeted Case Management Service is to include families in the development of their child's treatment goals and to support the family in developing a sense of strength and empowerment so that they are able to advocate and meet their own needs in the future.
Therapeutic Foster Care: A Service Overview It is AMHC's goal to provide the children placed in our therapeutic foster care program with a safe, nurturing environment. AMHC's Therapeutic Foster Care Program provides therapeutic foster homes to children in need of healthy out of home placements.
Supportive Visitation The visit plan is intended to give children and the approved parents, guardians and other visitors a regular opportunity to visit with the goal of reunifying the family. A visit support worker from AMHC monitors and provides appropriate parenting tips and suggestions during visits to help re-build trust and nurturing relationships.
Aroostook Teen Leadership Program AMHC's Aroostook Teen Leadership Camp Program (ATLC) is an award winning leadership development and drug prevention program available to all interested Aroostook County teens in grades 5-9. The goal of the ATLC Program is to prevent or delay early teen use of alcohol and other illegal drugs by decreasing past 30-day drug use, increasing positive attitudes about not using drugs, involving teens in leadership development activities, and providing a support network for a drug-free lifestyle.
Fees and Payment
This is private, non-profit behavioral health care organization.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens
Special Groups: Bilingual LGBTQ
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono Medicare Medicaid
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Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
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Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
