Penn Highlands Du Bois Behavioral Health Unit

Penn Highlands Du Bois Behavioral Health Unit

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Medicare
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• County or local government funds
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment

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

• Private non-profit organization

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Case management service
• Family psychoeducation

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Young adults
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

• Aripiprazole
• Thioridazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Risperidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Clozapine
• Haloperidol
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Nicotine replacement
• Chlorpromazine
• IIoperidone

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted