Pottstown Hospital Center for Behavioral Medicine

Pottstown Hospital Center for Behavioral Medicine

Services:
Language Services
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Haloperidol
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Nicotine replacement
• Olanzapine
• Clozapine
• Risperidone

Testing

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• County or local government funds

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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