Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report

UNITY HEALING CENTER
The Unity Healing Center, a Regional Youth Treatment Center (RYTC), is
committed to providing quality individualized holistic care to Native American
youth with substance abuse or dependence disorders, and continues to improve
the quality of and access to care for AI/ANs. In FY 2011, Unity developed and
implemented a tele-psychiatry program, enhanced the cultural component of the
treatment program, and achieved re-accreditation from the Joint Commission.
Program Activities
In FY 2011, the program staff implemented an aggressive training plan to improve
staff skills in evidence-based practices and improve the quality of the treatment
program. They also achieved site visits to 12 Tribes, presented to the Health
Committee, Social Services Committee and Education Committee at the USET
Meeting in May and hosted the 2010 Youth Treatment Center Director’s meeting.
In addition, staff and residents participated in community service projects such
as the Special Olympics, implemented a garden project with residents, and made
major landscaping improvements.
The Unity Healing Center looks forward to carrying out its plan for improved care
and services in 2012 through integration of the Matrix Model for substance abuse
treatment (Matrix is an evidence-based program that provides a strong focus on
relapse prevention, family involvement and education). Unity will also continue
to strengthen partnerships with Tribes through face-to-face visitation with key
referring agents and expand services through the use of tele-health applications.
Did you know?
Unity Healing Center
logged 50 tele-health
hours this year
providing rapid access
to care.
Vision: The Unity Healing Center will always be committed to helping Native American youth and
their families gain freedom from addiction and other life-negating problems. We will guide our clients
to healthy sustainable lifestyle transformations by addressing their physical, emotional, spiritual and
cultural needs through the philosophy of the 12 step program, evidence based treatments and by
providing a safe haven to engage in activities that will allow them to develop their individual strengths.
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