Centerpoint

	The Centerpoint Intensive Residential Treatment Program (“IRTP”) is a sixteen bed, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations accredited program operated by Justice Resource Institute for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.
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	Centerpoint is a secure facility that serves adolescent boys aged thirteen through eighteen. It’s primary mission is the treatment and rehabilitation of adolescent males with mental illness who have demonstrated a limited capacity to manage intense emotions in safe, socially acceptable ways.
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	Through our comprehensive and individualized approach to treatment, Centerpoint offers each resident the opportunity to gain control over those behaviors that have had a negative impact on his relationships and his life.
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	The therapeutic environment of Centerpoint is designed to stabilize and control those dangerous behaviors that have resulted in the resident’s need for a secure setting. Inherent in the treatment philosophy is the belief that the human value of each resident must be recognized and promoted if his struggle to gain control and responsibility is to be mastered.