Niagara County Dept of Mental Health Niagara County Counseling and Wellness

Niagara County Dept of Mental Health Niagara County Counseling and Wellness

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Seniors
• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Adults

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Pharmacotherapies

• Paliperidone
• Brexpiprazole
• Thioridazine
• IIoperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine
• Cariprazine
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Lurasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Trifluoperazine
• Ziprasidone
• Pimozide

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Local, county, or community government

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team