Ventura County Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital

Ventura County Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Legal advocacy
• Suicide prevention services

Testing

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient

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

• Local, county, or community government

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Type of Care

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Other Languages

• Tagalog
• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Vietnamese

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Language Services

• Spanish
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing