Merakey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Merakey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping permitted without restriction

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

Language Services

• Spanish

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• County or local government funds

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Group therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

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

• Private non-profit organization

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Ancillary Services

• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported housing
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Supported employment

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

• Outpatient

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing