Hospital Panamericano de Ponce Behavioral Medicine Unit (BMU)

Hospital Panamericano de Ponce Behavioral Medicine Unit (BMU)

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Language Services

• Spanish
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Case management service
• Education services

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

• Private for-profit organization

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital

Pharmacotherapies

• Loxapine
• Olanzapine
• Fluphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Ziprasidone
• Lurasidone
• Clozapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Paliperidone
• Haloperidol

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicare
• Medicaid

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Young adults
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Active duty military
• Members of military families
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)