Halifax Health Adult Psychiatry

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
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Trauma therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Who Operates This Facility

• the Local 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
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Chronic disease/illness management
• Case management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Legal advocacy
• Suicide prevention 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