ECU Health Medical Center Behavioral Health

ECU Health Medical Center Behavioral Health

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Other State funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Ancillary Services

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Care

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