La Paz Geropsychiatric Center

La Paz Geropsychiatric Center

Services:
Pharmacotherapies
• Olanzapine
• Haloperidol
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Quetiapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Chlorpromazine
• Aripiprazole
• Nicotine replacement
• Paliperidone
• Loxapine
• Clozapine
• Lurasidone
• Risperidone
• Fluphenazine

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• County or local government funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with eating disorders
• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Testing

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Language Services

• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Spanish

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Private for-profit organization

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Type of Care

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

Other Languages

• Any Chinese Language
• Vietnamese
• Tagalog