ABHS Elbert County Mental Health Center

ABHS Elbert County Mental Health Center

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Assertive community treatment
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported housing
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment

Facility Type

• Multi-setting mental health facility (e.g., non-hospital residential plus either outpatient and/or partial hospitalization/day treatment)

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Perphenazine
• Clozapine
• Thiothixene
• IIoperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Brexpiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Asenapine
• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine
• Chlorpromazine
• Lurasidone
• Trifluoperazine
• Thioridazine
• Haloperidol
• Paliperidone
• Prochlorperazine
• Loxapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Risperidone
• Cariprazine
• Quetiapine

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

• State government

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Treatment Approaches

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

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

• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Veterans