Psychiatry/Behavioral Health
Emerson Hospital provides comprehensive mental health and chemical dependency treatment and serves as a regional treatment facility for several managed health care plans.
A multidisciplinary staff works closely with patients, communities, providers and primary care physicians to provide the highest quality integrated care.
Inpatient Programs
- Secure inpatient unit for psychiatry and chemical dependency (31 beds)
- Crisis stabilization
- Consultation to outpatient psychiatric and primary care physicians
- Consultation to patients on medical units
Inpatient Psychiatry Service
Emerson’s psychiatric inpatient service is designed for patients 16 years of age and older who have psychiatric and/or substance abuse diagnoses that can be safely treated with a brief stay on a secure unit in a general hospital setting. There is a single standard of care for all patients, regardless of payer or ability to pay. The unit uses a pragmatic treatment approach focused on stabilization, identifying and relieving the precipitants to acute symptoms and dysfunction.
Length of stay is usually brief, with referral for prompt outpatient follow-up. Emphasis on developing and nurturing positive working relationships with a wide variety of community-based providers promotes development of effective aftercare and reduces length of stay.
Outpatient Programs
Specialty Expertise
- Substance abuse
- Crisis stabilization
- ECT (electro-convulsive therapy)
- Depression
- Family problems
- Chronic mental illness
- Psychopharmacology
- Geriatrics
Support Services and Groups
Emerson also offers community health and wellness programs and classes designed to support patients with a wide range of health issues including substance abuse. Addiction Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, and Smart Recovery programs are all held at Emerson.
Emerson’s Lund Community Health Library offers information that can help individuals understand and cope with the diagnosis of a medical condition and learn about the latest treatment methods.