Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Services:
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

Ancillary Services

• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• County or local government funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Community Service Block Grants
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

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

• Outpatient

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

• Local, county, or community government

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

• Chlorpromazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Treatment Approaches

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted