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Inpatient and Crisis Services |
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Westchester youngsters with emotional disturbance who need inpatient care are served by several kinds of facilities: community hospitals with psychiatric inpatient units; private hospitals providing only psychiatric services in the county; and Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center, a New York State facility in Rockland County which provides intermediate and long term care for youngsters referred by Westchester Medical Center or another hospital. The youngest age admitted is at the discretion of each hospital. At some hospitals, admission is contingent on the individual case. Crisis services are provided by Westchester Medical Center through its Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program and mobile crisis teams.
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WINDS HOSPITAL Phone: (914) 763-8151 Service: Cottage-style residences for children ages 5 and older (75 beds) and adolescents ages 13 to 17 (70 beds). Twenty-four hour triage 7 days per week. Comprehensive psychiatric services including intensive group and family work coupled with a personalized treatment plan. Specialized tracks for eating disorders, alcohol-or substance abuse and psychosomatic issues. Provides intermediate and long-term care for Westchester children ages 11 and under referred by acute care hospitals.
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VERNON HOSPITAL Phone: (914) 664-8000 Services: Community hospital with a psychiatric unit and 24-hour emergency room services. Serves adolescents 16 years and older, with admission contingent on the individual case.
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YORK UNITED HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER Phone: (914) 934-3000 Services: Community hospital offering short-term, acute inpatient care for those 17 years and older (admissions under age 18 require approval of the Director of Psychiatry). Methods include group, family and occupational psychotherapy; pharmacology. Separate detoxification unit for persons with substance abuse or alcohol problems.
THE NEW YORK AND PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, WESTCHESTER CAMPUS 21
Bloomingdale Road Phone: (914) 682-9100 Services: Children’s psychiatric unit for children 6 to 12 years of age; adolescent unit for ages 13 to 20; special units for eating and addiction disorders also serve adolescents. Neuropsychiatric evaluation unit; Eating Disorders Program.
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL CENTER 400
East Main Street Phone: (914) 666-1590 Services: Community hospital with a psychiatric unit and 24-hour emergency room services. Serves adolescents 16 years and older, with admission contingent on the individual case.
PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CENTER 701
North Broadway Phone: 366-3000 ext. 3513 Services: Community hospital with voluntary, acute, short-term psychiatric care, including individual, group, family, occupational and recreational therapy. Twenty-four hour admission, 7 days a week. Serves ages 16 and older.
ROCKLAND CHILDREN’S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER 599
Convent Road Phone: (845) 359-7400 Services: Operated by New York State Office of Mental Health; serves youngsters ages 11 and older when referred by Westchester Medical Center or another hospital. Primary provider of long-term inpatient psychiatric treatment for Westchester County youngsters; comprehensive treatment, educational and rehabilitative services.
RYE HOSPITAL CENTER 754
Boston Post Road Phone: (914) 967-4567 Services: Rye Hospital Center is a small, open-door, fully accredited psychiatric hospital treating adolescents and adults (ages 12 and up) with emotional and behavioral disorders. Patients are treated in a supportive and nurturing therapeutic milieu and are seen in individual psychotherapy at least three times weekly and participate in school, therapeutic groups and activities. Family work is integral to treatment. Biofeedback service is offered to facilitate more effective anger management and behavioral skill development. Discharge planning and collaboration with collaterals supports ongoing post discharge recovery.
ST. JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CENTER 127 South Broadway Yonkers, New York 10701 Phone: (914) 378-7624 Services: Community hospital with intensive, short-term treatment; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week emergency service via St. Joseph’s Emergency Room. Serves adolescents 16 years and older, with admission contingent on the individual case.
ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER OF NEW YORK-WESTCHESTER BRANCH 275
North Street Phone: (914) 967-6500 Services: Psychiatric unit provides program of activities, education and psychotherapy for adolescents ages 14 to 19. Three-week alcoholism program combines detoxification and rehabilitation; adolescents accepted.
STONY LODGE HOSPITAL 40
Croton Dam Road Phone: (914) 941-7400 Services: Full psychiatric inpatient care; diagnosis and treatment for children 5 and above; both secure and less restrictive units. Psychiatric substance abuse program for adolescents with histories of substance abuse and any concurrent behavioral, mood, impulse or other psychiatric disorder.
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER Behavioral
Health Center Phone: (914) 493-7096 Services: Inpatient: Acute treatment services; comprehensive intermediate-length-of-stay care; voluntary, involuntary and emergency admissions. Group, individual and family psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, occupational, recreational and educational programming. Fifteen bed children’s unit serves children from age 5; 20-bed adolescent unit. Crisis Services: Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) CPEP staff can help determine best course of action in emergency. CPEP includes 72-hour extended observation beds, three mobile crisis units. During normal business hours, call service nearest you. At other times, crisis service located at Westchester Medical Center answers calls from any area of the county. Mobile crisis services available to Westchester residents of all ages who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Psychiatric emergency room at WMC also serves all ages. WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL CENTER |
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