University of Connecticut Health John Dempsey Hospital

University of Connecticut Health John Dempsey Hospital

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Medicare

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Language Services

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

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• State government

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Pharmacotherapies

• Prochlorperazine
• Lurasidone
• Paliperidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Asenapine
• Quetiapine
• Haloperidol
• IIoperidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Loxapine
• Brexpiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Cariprazine
• Risperidone
• Perphenazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Olanzapine
• Ziprasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Clozapine

Ancillary Services

• Chronic disease/illness management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Integrated primary care services
• Illness management and recovery
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Legal advocacy
• Case management service

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• TB screening
• STD testing
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)