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What kinds of care do they offer?

• Mental health treatment

  Includes interventions such as therapy or psychotropic medication that treat a person's mental health problem or condition, reduce symptoms, and improve behavioral functioning and outcomes.

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What type of facility is this?

• Psychiatric hospital

  Licensed general hospital (public or private) that provides inpatient mental health services in at least one separate psychiatric living unit. This unit must have specifically allocated staff and space (beds) for the treatment of persons with mental illness. The unit may be located in the hospital itself or in a separate building, either adjacent or more remote, and is owned by the hospital. It may also provide 24-hour residential care and/or less than 24-hour care (e.g., outpatient, day treatment, partial hospitalization), but these additional service settings are not requirements.

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What types of treatment approaches do they offer?

• Individual psychotherapy

  Focuses on a patient's current life and relationships within the family, social, and work environments through one-on-one conversations with a therapist. The goal is to identify and resolve problems with insight, as well as build on strengths.

• Couples/family therapy

  Are two similar approaches that use discussions and problem-solving sessions facilitated by a therapist to help couples and family members improve their understanding of and the way they respond to one another. This type of therapy can resolve patterns of behavior that might lead to more severe mental illness. Family therapy can help educate about the nature of mental disorders and teach skills to better cope with the effects of having a family member with a mental illness, such as how to deal with feelings of anger or guilt.

• Group therapy

  Involves groups of usually 4 to 12 people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a therapist. The therapist uses the emotional interactions of the group's members to (1) help them get relief from distress and (2) possibly modify their behavior.

• Cognitive behavioral therapy

  Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

• Dialectical behavior therapy

  A cognitive behavioral treatment approach with two key characteristics: a behavioral, problem-solving focus blended with acceptance-based strategies, and an emphasis on dialectical processes. "Dialectical" refers to the issues involved in treating patients with multiple disorders and to the type of thought processes and behavioral styles used in the treatment strategies. DBT has five components: (1) capability enhancement (skills training); (2) motivational enhancement (individual behavioral treatment plans); (3) generalization (access to therapist outside clinical setting, homework, and inclusion of family in treatment); (4) structuring of the environment (programmatic emphasis on reinforcement of adaptive behaviors); and (5) capability and motivational enhancement of therapists (therapist team consultation group). DBT emphasizes balancing behavioral change, problem-solving, and emotional regulation with validation, mindfulness, and acceptance.

• Activity therapy

  Includes art, dance, music, recreational and occupational therapies, and psychodrama.

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

  The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) is a rating scale that was designed in the 1970s to measure involuntary movements known as tardive dyskinesia (TD).

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• Smoking not permitted

  Smoking is not allowed.

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What type of setting is this location?

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

  Medical treatment that is provided in a hospital or other facility and requires at least one overnight stay.

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Who is responsible for the operation of this facility?

• State government

  Government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government and must meet certain standards set by the federal government, but are free to expand beyond what exists at the federal level and improve services, access, and protections for consumers, such as mental health and substance abuse services, in that state.

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What types of payment or funding do they accept?

• Cash or self-payment

  Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

• Medicaid

  A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

  Funds designed to finance the cost of treatment for mental health conditions.

• Other State funds

• County or local government funds

• Community Service Block Grants

  Provides funds to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in communities.

• Community Mental Health Block Grants

  Through individual block grant contracts with community mental health services programs, these resources are focused on development and maintenance of community based services.

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What language services are offered?

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

  Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

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What specific groups are treated here?

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

  Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for LGBT clients.

• Members of military families

  Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Military families.

• Clients who have experienced trauma

  Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.

• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

  Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance.

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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What ancillary services are offered at this facility?

• Education services

  Locate or provide educational services from basic literacy through a general equivalency diploma and college courses including special education at the pre-primary, primary, secondary, and adult levels.

• Family psychoeducation

  Helps consumers and their families and supporters, through relationship building, education, collaboration, and problem solving to: 1) learn about mental illness; 2) master new ways of managing their mental illness; 3) reduce tension and stress within the family; 4) provide social support and encouragement to each other; 5) focus on the future; and 6) find ways for families and supporters to help consumers in their recovery.

• Psychosocial rehabilitation services

  Offered individually or in groups, provide therapeutic or intervention services such as daily and community-living skills, self-care and skills training (grooming, bodily care, feeding, social skills training, and basic language skills).

• Suicide prevention services

  Include identifying risk factors; educating staff on identifying the signs of suicidal behavior and using methods to detect risk; and the assessment, intervention, and management of suicidal patients including treatment of an underlying mental or substance use disorder, and use of psychotropic medication, supportive services, and education. Hotlines help individuals to contact the nearest suicide prevention mental health provider.

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What types of screening and assessment methods are used here?

• Screening for tobacco use

  Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

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What kinds of education and counseling services are offered here?

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

  Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

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What age groups are accepted here?

• Children/Adolescents

  Facility accepts children/adolescents (12 or younger) for treatment.

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What types of testing do they offer?

• HIV testing

  Determines whether you are infected with HIV, a virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

• STD testing

  Testing to determine the type of sexually transmitted disease a person may be carrying.

• TB screening

  Skin tests that are used to screen people who are at high risk for TB exposure such as people with diseases or conditions that weaken their immune system.

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

• Laboratory testing

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What specific pharmacotherapy treatments do they provide?

• Haloperidol

  Haloperidol is used to treat psychotic disorders and is also used to control motor tics and verbal tics in adults and children who have Tourette's disorder. Haloperidol is also used to treat severe behavioral problems such as explosive, aggressive behavior or hyperactivity in children who cannot be treated with psychotherapy or with other medications. Haloperidol is in a group of medications called conventional antipsychotics. It works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain.

• Aripiprazole

• Olanzapine

• Quetiapine

• Risperidone

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

  A multi-disciplinary clinical team approach, helps those with serious mental illness live in the community by providing 24-hour intensive community services in the individual's natural setting.

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Is vaping allowed at this facility?

• Vaping not permitted

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How do I apply for admission at this location?

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Have you been to this facility? What was your experience?

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Is there a wait-list for treatment center?

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Is any payment required?

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