Elmira Psychiatric Center EPC Child and Youth Outpatient Service

Elmira Psychiatric Center EPC Child and Youth Outpatient Service

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• State government

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Illness management and recovery
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Aripiprazole
• Clozapine
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• Outpatient