Southwest Connecticut MH System

Southwest Connecticut MH System

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Other Languages

• Italian
• Creole

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Pharmacotherapies

• Olanzapine
• Loxapine
• Perphenazine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Thioridazine
• Clozapine
• Chlorpromazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Fluphenazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Suicide prevention services
• Therapeutic foster care
• Supported housing
• Legal advocacy

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• State government

Language Services

• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Spanish

Payment Assistance Available

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