Ascension Behavioral Health Unit

Ascension Behavioral Health Unit

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Young adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans

Pharmacotherapies

• Thioridazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Brexpiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Thiothixene
• IIoperidone
• Prochlorperazine
• Paliperidone
• Loxapine
• Clozapine
• Ziprasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Pimozide
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Quetiapine
• Olanzapine
• Aripiprazole
• Perphenazine
• Cariprazine
• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Fluphenazine
• Trifluoperazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Lurasidone
• Asenapine

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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