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South Amherst, MA Profile
South Amherst, MA, population 5,039 , is located
in Massachusetts's Hampshire county,
about 17.1 miles from Springfield and 36.4 miles from Worcester.
South Amherst Statistics
South Amherst Gender Information
Males in South Amherst: 2,398 (48%)
Females in South Amherst: 2,641 (52%)
As % of Population in South Amherst in South Amherst
Race Diversity in South Amherst
White: 72%
African American: 7%
Asian: 11%
Other/Mixed: 10%
As % of Population in South Amherst in South Amherst
Age Diversity in South Amherst
Median Age in South Amherst: 22.7 (Males in South Amherst: 22.8, Females in South Amherst: 22.6)
South Amherst Males Under 20: 14%
South Amherst Females Under 20: 15%
South Amherst Males 20 to 40: 22%
South Amherst Females 20 to 40: 22%
South Amherst Males 40 to 60: 9%
South Amherst Females 40 to 60: 11%
South Amherst Males Over 60: 3%
South Amherst Females Over 60: 4%
Economics in South Amherst in South Amherst
South Amherst Household Average Size: 2.68 people
South Amherst Median Household Income: $ 44,628
South Amherst Median Value of Homes: $ 145,700
South Amherst Location Information
Elevation: 231 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 4.2 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to South Amherst
Amherst Center 2.5 Miles
North Amherst 5.0 Miles
Hatfield 5.2 Miles
Granby 5.8 Miles
Belchertown 6.9 Miles
Northampton 7.0 Miles
Easthampton 9.8 Miles
South Deerfield 10.8 Miles
Holyoke 11.0 Miles
Bondsville 12.0 Miles
Big Cities Nearest South Amherst
(Population 100,000+)
Springfield 17.1 Miles
Worcester 36.4 Miles
Hartford 40.9 Miles
Waterbury 61.0 Miles
Lowell 63.9 Miles
Providence 66.5 Miles
Manchester 70.1 Miles
Cambridge 71.6 Miles
Boston 73.9 Miles
New Haven 74.7 Miles
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The listings in South Amherst, Massachusetts and surrounding areas provide the following services:
(3) Halfway House
(13) Outpatient
(5) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(5) Females
(2) Residential Beds for Children
(3) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(9) American Sign Language
(7) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(6) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(5) Hospital Inpatient
(11) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(5) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(3) Gay and Lesbian
(2) Seniors/Older Adults
(4) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(4) Clients With Legal Issues
(9) Spanish Speaking
(3) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(2) Mental Health Services
(3) Methadone Maintenance
(4) Methadone Detoxification
(3) Males
(3) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(2) Teens and Adolescents
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If you or a loved one living in South Amherst has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in South Amherst, Massachusetts; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the South Amherst Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.
The different types of drug treatment in South Amherst, MA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Long-term Drug Rehabilitation Programs, Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.
The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from South Amherst, Massachusetts to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from South Amherst can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.
Drug detox is the first step in the South Amherst, MA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the South Amherst Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from South Amherst, MA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.
When an individual from South Amherst has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from South Amherst, Massachusetts has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from South Amherst have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.
Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from South Amherst will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from South Amherst, MA. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.
Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in South Amherst who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in South Amherst, Massachusetts continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
In a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program, the individual from South Amherst will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from South Amherst, MA. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to South Amherst, they will become confident in their ability to do so.
Getting Help
Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the South Amherst, Massachusetts Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.
There are no listings in South Amherst, MA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from South Amherst, Massachusetts:Grace House Amherst, MA 2.9 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
| Hairston House Northampton, MA 6.5 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Northampton Veterans Affairs Med Ctr Leeds, MA 10.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Gandara Residential Services for Women Holyoke, MA 11.2 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Holyoke Medical Center Inc Holyoke, MA 11.2 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Phoenix House Arbour House Holyoke, MA 11.2 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
| Carson Center for Adults and Families Westfield, MA 13.2 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| ServiceNet Inc Northampton, MA 14.2 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Community Healthcare Inc Chicopee, MA 14.7 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
| Northern Educational Services Inc Springfield, MA 15.4 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
| Baystate Medical Center ADS Springfield, MA 16.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
| Behavioral Health Network Inc Springfield, MA 16.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
| Gandara Mental Health Center Springfield, MA 16.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Hope Center ATS Step Down Springfield, MA 16.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
| Phoenix House OP Services of Springfield, MA 16.0 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Behavioral Health Network Holyoke, MA 16.3 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Detoxification Holyoke, MA 16.3 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Gandara Residential Services For Woman Holyoke, MA 16.3 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
| Holyoke Hospital Inc Holyoke, MA 16.3 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
| Providence Behavioral Health Hospital Holyoke, MA 16.3 miles from South Amherst
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
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Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:
Illegal drug use rates are generally correlated with educational status. Among adults aged 18 or older in 2001, college graduates had the lowest rate of current use (4.3 percent). The rate was 7.6 percent among those who had not completed high school. This is despite the fact that adults who had completed 4 years of college were more likely to have tried illegal drugs in their lifetime when compared with adults who had not completed high school (47.2 vs. 32.0 percent).
In 2004, 8,000 meth labs were seized in the US. Child welfare workers removed more than 3,000 children from the labs.
If a pregnant mother is regularly abusing heroin, the infant may be born physically dependent on heroin and could suffer from serious medical complications requiring hospitalization.
About 45 minutes after taking Ecstasy a user experiences its "high", as that is when the drug is at its peak level.
The excessive release of dopamine and stimulation of the reward system as a result of opiate use can lead to addiction.
The rate of substance dependence or abuse for boys aged 12 or older in 2007 was about twice as high as the rate for girls (12.5 vs. 5.7 percent). Among teens aged 12 to 17, however, the rate of substance dependence or abuse among boys was the same as the rate among girls (7.7 percent for both).
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