Alcohol
Support for problematic alcohol use, dependence, relapse patterns, and related mental health concerns.
Explore treatment →Treatment for Substance Use Support for Co-Occurring Disorders
Drug or alcohol use is sometimes part of a teen’s story along with depression or anxiety. Hidden Brook Academy offers treatment for substance use that may co-occur with mental health disorders.
Dual-diagnosis care here is shaped by clinical assessment, personal history, mental health needs, and the support that makes sense for your teen’s unique needs.
Dual-Diagnosis Care for Teens
Treatment That Meets Your Teen Where They Are
Teenagers grappling with anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions may seek to ‘self-medicate’ their own symptoms. Innocent attempts to find relief can give way to drug or alcohol dependence.
At Hidden Brook Academy, we treat substance use disorders that co-occur with a primary mental health diagnosis. For any adolescent treatment solution to be complete, it must identify and address any challenges head-on.
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“You do not need the right label before asking for help.”
How We Can Help
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment for Adolescents
Hidden Brook Academy can provide dual-diagnosis care for teen’s with mental health disorders and dependence on a range of substances. Our admissions team can help you understand whether Hidden Brook may be an appropriate next step for your child.
Benzodiazepines
Care planning for benzodiazepine use with attention to safety, assessment, and appropriate level-of-care needs.
Explore treatment →Opioids
Individualized support for opioid use concerns, recovery stability, relapse prevention, and ongoing care planning.
Explore treatment →Prescription Drugs
Treatment when prescribed medications have become difficult to control or are affecting health and daily life.
Explore treatment →Cocaine
Care focused on stimulant-use patterns, triggers, mental health needs, and practical recovery supports.
Explore treatment →Stimulants
Support for stimulant use concerns involving prescription or illicit stimulants.
Explore treatment →Marijuana
Treatment when cannabis use is interfering with health, relationships, responsibilities, motivation, or recovery goals.
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TRUST & TRANSPARENCY
Clear Information for Informed Care Decisions.
Before admission, our team can help you understand the care setting, clinician credentials, insurance and payment options, privacy practices, accessibility, and what to expect next, so you can make an informed decision about your teen’s care.
HOW TREATMENT IS SHAPED
The Substance Matters. So Does Everything Around It.
Substance use does not happen in isolation. Hidden Brook considers the patterns around use, mental health symptoms, relationships, daily functioning, recovery history, and the support available after treatment.
- Comprehensive clinical assessment
- Individualized treatment planning
- Mental health and substance use support
- Family involvement when clinically appropriate
- Discharge and continuing-care planning
WHEN MENTAL HEALTH IS PART OF THE STORY
Substance Use and Mental Health Can Be Part of the Same Picture.
Substance use and mental health concerns can occur together. When they do, care should consider how those concerns interact rather than treating each part of the experience in isolation.
Mental Health
Mood, anxiety, trauma, sleep, stress, and other concerns.
Substance Use
Patterns of use, triggers, consequences, history, and current needs.
One Individualized Care Plan
Assessment, coordinated care planning, and ongoing clinical review.
Program Structure
Comprehensive Care from Start to Finish
Explore the four key pillars that make up an individualized dual-diagnosis treatment plan at Hidden Brook Academy.
Healing at Hidden Brook
Room to Breathe and Space to Grow and Heal
Changing long-standing patterns can require distance from the routines and pressures that make change difficult. Hidden Brook’s nature-connected setting is designed to offer structure, quiet, human connection, and room to focus on treatment.
BEYOND TREATMENT
Recovery Has to Work Outside of Treatment, Too.
What happens after a treatment program matters. Continuing-care planning can help connect progress made in treatment with the routines, relationships, providers, and support systems a person may need afterward.
- Continuing-care planning
- Provider coordination
- Recovery & community support
- Family or support-system involvement
Frequently Asked Questions
What Families Want to Know About Dual-Diagnosis Care
Is treatment confidential?
Absolutely. Rest assured, we protect your family's privacy in accordance with all local, state and federal laws, including HIPAA.
What happens during the first phone call?
We’ll discuss any concerns you have about your teen, explain our program and answer your questions. Together, we can help determine whether Hidden Brook may be a good fit for your teen, and if so, we'll discuss next steps. There’s no obligation, and if your teen requires a different type of care, we will be happy to provide a referral.
Does Hidden Brook accept insurance?
Yes. We work with most major insurance companies on an OON basis. Our team verifies benefits and explains your coverage before your teen's treatment begins.
How do I know which level of care is appropriate?
A clinical assessment during intake helps determine whether PHP, IOP, or another level of care fits your teen's needs.
Can families participate in treatment?
Yes, family involvement is welcomed when it is clinically appropriate and helpful to your teen's treatment.
What should my teen bring treatment?
We’ll send a simple list once admission is confirmed.
What happens after treatment ends?
We build a aftercare plan before discharge, connecting your teen with providers, and community resources.
