Saratoga Hospital Mental Health Unit

Saratoga Hospital Mental Health Unit

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Pharmacotherapies

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

Ancillary Services

• Illness management and recovery
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services
• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Case management service

Language Services

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Local, county, or community government

Testing

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy