Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Young adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement
• Chlorpromazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Community Service Block Grants
• County or local government funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicare

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Ancillary Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

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

• Outpatient

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Local, county, or community government

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

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