Devereux Pennsylvania Childrens Behavioral Health Center

Devereux Pennsylvania Childrens Behavioral Health Center

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Ancillary Services

• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Integrated primary care services
• Case management service
• Family psychoeducation

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• County or local government funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Activity therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI