Brighton Hospital

Brighton Hospital is one of the oldest alcoholism and addiction treatment centers in North America.

Brighton Center For Recovery
Location within Michigan
Geography
Location	Brighton, Michigan, United States
Coordinates	42.5197°N 83.6959°W / 42.5197; -83.6959
Organization
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Drug and alcohol addiction
History
Opened	1948
Links
Website	www.brightonhospital.org
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

Location and construction

It is located on 92 acres (37 ha) in Brighton, Michigan. 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.

Services

Bill 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 uses 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.

Staffing

Brighton Hospital offers Masters-prepared therapists. Several of the physicians are Fellows of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

Accreditation and affiliations

Brighton Hospital is a member of St. John's Providence Health System, Michigan, a unit of Ascension Health, America's largest faith-based health system.