Behavioral Medicine Unit of Acadia Saint Landry Hospital

Behavioral Medicine Unit of Acadia Saint Landry Hospital

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Pharmacotherapies

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

Type of Care

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Members of military families
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Active duty military
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with eating disorders
• Veterans
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• STD testing
• HIV testing
• TB screening
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Medicaid

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Local, county, or community government