West Alabama Mental Health Center

West Alabama Mental Health Center

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Ancillary Services

• Supported housing
• Intensive case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Supported employment
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services

Pharmacotherapies

• Perphenazine
• Paliperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Brexpiprazole
• Aripiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Clozapine
• Asenapine
• Haloperidol
• Quetiapine

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Activity therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Individual psychotherapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

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

• Outpatient