Calvert County Behavioral Health – Barstow, Maryland
280 Stafford Road, Barstow, Maryland, 20610
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Self-pay options
Addiction Resource Score
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8.2
Out of 10
Calvert County Health Department, based in Barston, Maryland, offers a comprehensive range of behavioral health services to people of all ages suffering with mental health and drug abuse concerns. The hospital provides specialized care to adolescents, young adults, and adults, including individuals with co-occurring drug addiction and mental health issues. While it does not define gender-specific or faith-based programs, adolescents and young adults are handled separately from adults, ensuring that treatment is suited to their age and requirements.
The institution provides comprehensive programs, including behavioral health evaluations, individual, group, and family counseling, intensive outpatient treatment, school-based behavioral health services, jail-based programs, and medication-assisted therapy. They also make recommendations for inpatient care and other community resources. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), medication management, family therapy, group therapy, and exercise therapy are among the available treatment options. Notably, the Calvert County Health Department provides a Jail Program for persons with serious mental illnesses in the criminal justice system, as well as a Shelter Plus Care Housing Program for homeless people with mental health difficulties. The hospital is recognized by The Joint Commission, which ensures high levels of care and safety.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Recovery coach
- Individualized Treatment
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Professional interventionist/educational consultant
Treatment Modalities
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Relapse prevention
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
- Individual psychotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- State department of health
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Mental health services
- Transportation assistance
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