Lexington County CMHC New Alternatives Peer Support

Lexington County CMHC New Alternatives Peer Support

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors
• Children/Adolescents

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• County or local government funds
• Private health insurance
• Other State funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Community Mental Health Block Grants

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Outpatient

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Olanzapine
• Aripiprazole
• Thiothixene
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Ziprasidone
• Prochlorperazine
• Asenapine
• Thioridazine
• Trifluoperazine
• Loxapine
• Pimozide
• IIoperidone
• Paliperidone
• Fluphenazine
• Perphenazine
• Lurasidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Cariprazine
• Quetiapine
• Brexpiprazole

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Assertive community treatment
• Supported employment
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Supported housing
• Case management service

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

• State government

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

• Laboratory testing