Fort Hamilton Hospital - Hamilton, OH    Phone: 513-867-2000

The Fort Hamilton Hospital provides individual and group therapy for those struggling with substance use disorders. Techniques used are research based and shown to be the most effective approaches to care. Included are motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and relapse prevention training. - Further, it has been providing comprehensive substance use services for close to fifty years. The organization provides outpatient programs in each community it serves in the region. - Additionally, services such as residential and inpatient services are available in the region. These services are provided by trained and credentialed staff in substance use treatment. - Its professionals also understand that substance use disorders are complex problems. People with these disorders were once thought to have a character defect or moral weakness; however, medical practitioners now consider dependence on alcohol or drugs to be a long-term illness, like asthma or diabetes. - Most people who drink alcohol drink very little, and many people can stop taking drugs without a struggle. However, some people develop a substance use disorder - use of alcohol or drugs that is compulsive or dangerous. This is why the Fort Hamilton Hospital exists - to deal with these problems.