Halifax Health Adult Psychiatry

Halifax Health Adult Psychiatry

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Language Services

• Spanish
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Legal advocacy
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Local, county, or community government

Type of Care

• 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