Northern Westchester Hospital Center Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Northern Westchester Hospital Center Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Services:
Ancillary Services
• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Care

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Private non-profit organization

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Young adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Language Services

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