Ascension Behavioral Health Unit

Ascension Behavioral Health Unit

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Pharmacotherapies

• Loxapine
• Cariprazine
• Clozapine
• Olanzapine
• Trifluoperazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• IIoperidone
• Haloperidol
• Pimozide
• Thiothixene
• Ziprasidone
• Lurasidone
• Thioridazine
• Risperidone
• Perphenazine
• Aripiprazole
• Brexpiprazole
• Nicotine replacement
• Paliperidone
• Asenapine
• Fluphenazine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Chlorpromazine
• Quetiapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient