University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Legal advocacy
• Assertive community treatment
• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Illness management and recovery
• Education services
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment
• Intensive case management
• Suicide prevention services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

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

• Outpatient

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

• Private non-profit organization

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy