SSM Saint Marys Hospital Behavioral Health Unit

SSM Saint Marys Hospital Behavioral Health Unit

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

Type of Care

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Private non-profit organization

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Pharmacotherapies

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

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