Northern Westchester Hospital Center Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Northern Westchester Hospital Center Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Pharmacotherapies

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Language Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

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

• Private non-profit organization