Knox County Hospital DBA Samaritan Center

Knox County Hospital DBA Samaritan Center

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Mentoring/peer support

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Members of military families

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Other State funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• County or local government funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• State education agency funds
• Medicare
• Private health insurance

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

• Outpatient

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Type of Care

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

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Intensive case management
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services

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

• Private non-profit organization

Payment Assistance Available

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Paliperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Haloperidol
• Clozapine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Risperidone
• IIoperidone
• Olanzapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted