Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Unit

Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Unit

Services:
Facility Type
• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

• HIV testing
• TB screening
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• STD testing
• Laboratory testing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted