Big Spring State Hospital

Care Offered

• Mental health treatment

Service Setting

• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Residential treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Treatment Approaches

• Activity therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Trauma therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Who Operates This Facility

• the State government

Payments and Insurance Accepted

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

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Seniors or older adults
• LGBT
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services

Tobacco/Screening Services

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)
• Young adults

Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Additional Languages Supported

• Spanish