University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Seniors or older adults

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

• Outpatient

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Testing

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Perphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Lurasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Droperidol
• Aripiprazole
• Clozapine
• Asenapine
• Chlorpromazine
• Loxapine
• Fluphenazine
• Paliperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine

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

• Private non-profit organization

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Case management service
• Illness management and recovery
• Intensive case management
• Legal advocacy
• Education services
• Assertive community treatment
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy