Addiction psychiatry · Connecticut telehealth
Evidence-based care for adults dealing with alcohol, opioid, cocaine, cannabis, and other substance-use concerns, and the mental-health conditions that often come with them.
Addiction care works best when it recognizes the whole person, not a moral failing or a single diagnosis. Our team provides outpatient addiction psychiatry by telehealth across Connecticut, with nursing support between visits.
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Our founder, Hamilton Gaiani, MD, is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He completed his psychiatry residency and his addiction psychiatry fellowship at Yale School of Medicine, and has taught Yale addiction psychiatry fellows and presented grand rounds on the treatment of substance use disorders.
Eric O’Connor, DNP, APRN also provides care for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental-health concerns, bringing a broad medical background to evaluation and follow-up.
Meet our founder →What we treat
For opioid use disorder, medication treatment may include buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) when clinically appropriate. Evaluation considers your substance use, physical health, other medications, prior treatment, and recovery goals.
For alcohol use disorder, options may include naltrexone alongside a personalized plan and coordination with counseling or other recovery supports. Medication choices follow an individual clinical assessment.
Cocaine use disorder and cannabis use disorder deserve the same careful, nonjudgmental attention. We assess their effects on mood, anxiety, sleep, thinking, and daily life, and develop a plan that may include care for co-occurring conditions and coordination with behavioral treatment.
Dual diagnosis
Depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, sleep problems, and other psychiatric conditions often travel with substance use. We evaluate and treat them in the same plan, so recommendations fit together rather than pulling in different directions.
An evaluation is required; no diagnosis, prescription, or medication is guaranteed.
What to expect from an evaluation →For healthcare professionals
We also provide mental-health and substance-use evaluations for physicians and other healthcare professionals, including coordination with physician-health programs when appropriate.
Urgent support
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
A connected next step
A brief chat about the care you’re seeking, how the practice works, and what might come next.
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