Ponce Health Sciences University Wellness Center

Ponce Health Sciences University Wellness Center

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Crisis intervention team

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Adults
• Seniors

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

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

• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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
• Substance use treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Aripiprazole
• Olanzapine
• Paliperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Clozapine
• Risperidone
• Lurasidone

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

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

• Private for-profit organization

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Illness management and recovery
• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Case management service
• Diet and exercise counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

Language Services

• Spanish

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicaid
• Community Service Block Grants
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare