Penn Highlands Du Bois Behavioral Health Unit

Penn Highlands Du Bois Behavioral Health Unit

Services:
Treatment Approaches
• Couples/family therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Group therapy

Pharmacotherapies

• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• IIoperidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Thioridazine
• Clozapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Aripiprazole
• Chlorpromazine

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Seniors or older adults
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• County or local government funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Private non-profit organization

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient