NAMI New Orleans National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI New Orleans National Alliance on Mental Illness

Services:
Type of Care
• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Ancillary Services

• Intensive case management
• Education services
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Supported housing

Pharmacotherapies

• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone
• Haloperidol
• Lurasidone
• Risperidone
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Fluphenazine
• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Aripiprazole

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Medicaid
• Community Mental Health Block Grants

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• Outpatient