Behavioral Medicine Unit of Acadia Saint Landry Hospital

Behavioral Medicine Unit of Acadia Saint Landry Hospital

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

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
• Substance use treatment

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Testing

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

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

• Local, county, or community government

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Group therapy

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with eating disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Members of military families
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Ancillary Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

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