Morton Hospital Behavioral Health

Morton Hospital Behavioral Health is a hospital-based drug and alcohol rehab in Taunton, Massachusetts, serving adults age 18 and older across southeastern Massachusetts.

Through its MORCAP program, it provides inpatient and intensive outpatient substance use treatment, medication assisted treatment, individual and group therapy and co-occurring care.

What sets it apart is that addiction treatment sits inside a full-service, 144-bed acute-care hospital rather than a stand-alone facility.

Level 4 Addiction Care

MORCAP, the Morton Comprehensive Addiction Program, opened in December 2021 as a 32-bed Level 4 inpatient substance use disorder unit, with an intensive outpatient program available at the same Taunton address.

Because it operates within Morton Hospital rather than a detached rehab, the program can address medical problems that accompany withdrawal or psychiatric needs without transferring patients elsewhere.

For someone weighing options in southeastern Massachusetts, this matters most for people whose substance use overlaps with unstable medical conditions or acute psychiatric symptoms.

The single Taunton location also lets adults step between the Level 4 inpatient unit and the IOP as their need for structure changes.

Behavioral Health for Older Adults

Alongside MORCAP, Morton Hospital operates a separate Elder Behavioral Health Services unit, a secure 19-bed inpatient psychiatric program for adults age 55 and older with behavioral, psychiatric or neuropsychiatric needs requiring hospitalization.

It offers rapid assessment, daily programs and short term focused intervention.

This is relevant for families in the Taunton area supporting an older relative whose substance use or psychiatric symptoms are entangled with age-related medical complexity, a population many stand-alone rehabs are not equipped to admit.

Morton Hospital serves southeastern Massachusetts and accepts Medicare, private insurance and self-pay, with patient financial counselors available for those seeking coverage support.