Saint Josephs Hospital/Yonkers

About Saint Josephs Hospital/Yonkers

Saint Joseph’s Hospital is part of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center, a Yonkers-based hospital system whose addiction recovery services include opioid treatment centers in Brooklyn and Queens that provide medication-assisted treatment. They take a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach aimed at helping people with chemical dependency regain day-to-day functioning and build the skills needed for a stable life in recovery. Care ranges from a 29-bed inpatient unit for adults with mental health or substance use concerns to opioid detox and methadone maintenance for adults 18 and older, along with day rehabilitation, evening outpatient care, and virtual addiction services.

Medication is a central part of treatment, and options such as methadone, buprenorphine, and oral or injectable naltrexone are paired with counseling to reduce cravings and ease withdrawal. Their day rehabilitation programs, including Positive Directions in Yonkers, which follows a 12-step model, offer daily groups on relapse prevention, trauma, anger management, family issues, vocational goals, and cognitive behavioral skills, alongside individual therapy and psychiatric care. An evening option meets three nights a week at intensive or clinic-level intensity and accepts people referred after drinking-driver assessments. People with co-occurring mental health conditions receive dedicated groups and regular psychiatric follow-up, and every participant leaves with an individualized aftercare plan, with continuing care and ongoing MAT available to those who qualify.