Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Care Offered

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

Service Setting

• Outpatient treatment

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Treatment Approaches

• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Trauma therapy

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

Special Programs and Population Groups Supported

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Ancillary Services

• Case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Intensive case management
• 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
• Children/adolescents
• Seniors (65 or older)
• Young adults

Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing