Brighton Hospital

Brighton Hospital is one of the oldest alcoholism and addiction treatment centers in North America.Location and constructionIt is located on in Brighton, Michigan (metro Detroit-Ann Arbor, Livingston County) adjacent to State Parks and Metro Park recreational areas, at Interstate 96 and Kensington Road exit. Brighton's predecessor institution, the Bloomfield Hills Sanitarium, was established in 1943, with the current hospital campus acquired in 1950. The hospital's Ludington Peace Center Chapel was a gift of the Ford Motor Company, having been originally constructed by Henry Ford for Camp Legion, and then moved to the Brighton campus after his death. Brighton added an outpatient campus in 2008 called "Brighton at the Corners" in West Bloomfield Michigan, now closed.ServicesBill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, assisted the hospital's founding President, Harry Henderson, in establishing Brighton Hospital as Michigan's first treatment center for alcoholism and addiction. Marty Mann, of the National Council of Alcoholism, was also involved in the early development of the hospital. Since its founding, Brighton has become well known and internationally recognized for its 30-day inpatient treatment programs, including Detoxification (detox), Rehabilitation (drug rehab) and Domiciliary Partial Hospitalization. Brighton accepts patients who pay privately as well as those who have insurance coverage.Brighton offers comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and aftercare programs in alcohol and substance abuse treatment for adults and Intensive Outpatient Program treatment for Adolescents.StaffingBrighton Hospital is known as a national leader in the recruitment and training of the greatest number and percentage of addiction-certified nurses . Brighton Hospital offers Masters-prepared therapists. Several of Brighton's physicians are Fellows of the American Society of Addiction Medicine the highest level of distinction for addiction doctors. Brighton Hospital also innovated the first interdisciplinary fellowship training program for physicians in North America to educate physicians in the field of addiction medicine in a clinical setting outside a medical school.