Connecticut Mental Health Center West Haven Mental Health Clinic

Connecticut Mental Health Center West Haven Mental Health Clinic

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Medicare
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Medicaid

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

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

Type of Care

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

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy

Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Supported housing
• Supported employment
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

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

• Private non-profit organization

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with eating disorders

Language Services

• Spanish

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services