UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

About UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, provides behavioral health and addiction care through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, an academic psychiatric hospital affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. They treat substance use disorders involving alcohol, prescription and illicit drugs, and tobacco, along with gambling and gaming problems and the mental health conditions that often accompany addiction. Their addiction services include ambulatory detox, inpatient hospitalization, residential care, intensive outpatient, standard outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment. You don’t have to stop using substances before starting treatment, and their staff focus on treating each person with dignity as a whole individual.

Several specialized services stand out, including an Opioid Center of Excellence, Pregnancy Recovery Centers, a DUI treatment program, and peer support. Through their Warm Handoff Program, people who arrive at the hospital with a drug or alcohol emergency are linked to ongoing treatment, housing help, medication for opioid use, and a recovery guide before they leave. Their intensive outpatient programming meets three days a week for three hours a day, with morning, afternoon, evening, and telehealth options. It combines group work using DBT skills, cognitive behavioral therapy, and exposure and response prevention with individual therapy, medication management, and optional family involvement.