Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Behavioral Services Unit

Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Behavioral Services Unit

Services:
Language Services
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Other Languages

• Russian

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Integrated primary care services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

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

• Private non-profit organization

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale