Big Spring State Hospital

Big Spring State Hospital

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping not permitted

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Illness management and recovery
• Education services
• Suicide prevention services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• 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
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients

Language Services

• Spanish

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Pharmacotherapies

• Fluphenazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Lurasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Haloperidol
• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Aripiprazole
• Perphenazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Loxapine
• Clozapine
• Cariprazine
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital

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

• State government

Treatment Approaches

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults