Pottstown Hospital Center for Behavioral Medicine

Pottstown Hospital Center for Behavioral Medicine

Services:
Assessment/Pre-treatment
• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

Facility Type

• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

• Private non-profit organization

Ancillary Services

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• County or local government funds