Merit Health Central Behavioral Health Unit

Care Offered

• Mental health treatment

Service Setting

• Hospital inpatient treatment

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Treatment Approaches

• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Who Operates This Facility

• a Private for-profit organization

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

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Transitional age young adults
• LGBT
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Persons with serious mental illness

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention 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