SunCloud Health cares for adults and adolescents with substance use, eating disorders, mood disorders, and PTSD and trauma, using an integrated care model. Located in Lincoln Park, the facility’s goal is to treat the whole person - their underlying biological, psychological, social, and spiritual causes of various disorders - providing a more comprehensive care plan. Their services include intensive
outpatient and day treatment, with specializations for adolescents in addition to adults.
SunCloud offers a variety of evidence-based treatments such as individual and
group therapy, 12-Step facilitation, psychiatric treatment,
DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness practices, and family intervention, combined to provide adults and adolescents with the tools they need to heal. Their team of licensed mental health professionals are specially trained to work with both adults and adolescents to help them navigate the mental health issues they are facing.
SunCloud Health provides an individualized treatment plan based on each patient’s specific needs, history, and their daily lives to create a custom-made plan that can facilitate lifelong recovery. The center prioritizes harm-reduction in addition to their trauma-informed approach to ensure that patients are recovering at their own pace in a sustainable way.
SunCloud Health operates 3 more clinics in the Chicago area that treat eating disorders, substance use, and various mental health conditions. Their other locations provide specialized medication for treatment-resistant depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and therapy.
Residential treatment is also available in addition to outpatient options at the other locations, providing patients with a variety of treatments in Chicagoland. They use the same
holistic approach.
Evidence-Based Context: According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2023), approximately 48.7 million Americans aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder in the past year. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) emphasizes that treatment programs combining behavioral therapy with medication-assisted approaches show the highest rates of sustained recovery. Facilities like SunCloud Health Lincoln Park provide structured pathways to evidence-based care.
Sources: SAMHSA NSDUH 2023, NIDA Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment (4th Ed.)