Childrens Center of Hamden

Childrens Center of Hamden

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Crisis intervention team

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Young adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• County or local government funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• State education agency funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Other State funds
• Cash or self-payment

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Language Services

• Spanish

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

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
• Substance use treatment

Treatment Approaches

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

Payment Assistance Available

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

Facility Type

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

• Intensive case management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service