Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

• Local, county, or community government

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• County or local government funds
• Medicare
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma

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

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

Ancillary Services

• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation

Pharmacotherapies

• Chlorpromazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Facility Type

• Community mental health center