East Alabama Medical Center Department of Psychiatric Medicine

Care Offered

• Mental health treatment
• Dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Setting

• Hospital inpatient treatment

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Treatment Approaches

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Who Operates This Facility

• a Private non-profit organization

Payments and Insurance Accepted

• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Other State funds
• Private health insurance
• State education agency funds
• 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

• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services

Tobacco/Screening Services

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/adolescents
• Young adults

Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Additional Languages Supported

• Spanish