Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Medicare

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

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

• Private non-profit organization

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Group therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Illness management and recovery
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management