Kern Medical

Kern Medical

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Testing

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Intensive case management
• Family psychoeducation
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Assertive community treatment
• Case management service

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

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

• Local, county, or community government

Type of Care

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• County or local government funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicare
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Treatment Approaches

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