Psychiatric Hospital

Patient services

Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital provides a full spectrum of behavioral health services ranging from outpatient care to acute inpatient treatment for children, adolescents, adults and older adults with psychiatric and dual diagnosis (psychiatric and substance abuse) disorders.

Children
Children admitted in need of behavioral health services receive care in the Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Unit (Winchester 1), a 15-bed unit operated by the Children's Psychiatric Service at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. A partial hospital program is provided for those children in need of this service when they transition from the inpatient program.

Adolescents
The adolescent service at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital offers a 15-bed inpatient program and a 25-slot intensive outpatient program.

Adults
Adult psychiatric services include a 24-bed inpatient program, a dual diagnosis and detoxification program, partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs for patients age 18 and older.

Geriatric
A unique feature of the services offered at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital is our expertise with the gero-psychiatric patient. Our Geriatric Service offers an 8-bed inpatient program.

Levels of care

• Inpatient acute care continues to be an important resource for the patient who is in need of emergent stabilization and immediate comprehensive psychiatric assessment.
• Partial hospitalization offers the most intensive level of ambulatory care for patients who do not require the safety of an inpatient unit.
• Intensive outpatient programs are an essential resource for patients, who have achieved some stability but need a more intensive, structured program than weekly outpatient therapy.

Our staff
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, therapeutic recreation specialists, advanced practice registered nurses, physicians' assistants, nutritionists, registered nurses, and psychiatric assistants staff our programs. Our reliance on multidisciplinary treatment teams enables us to address the complexities of behavioral health disorders using a range of assessment tools and interventions.

Specialized treatment services
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital has a state-of-the-art Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) service for inpatients and outpatients. This treatment option is available for patients who are diagnosed with a range of serious mental illnesses usually involving mood disturbances. Most of those receiving ECT are adults and carry primary diagnoses of major depression, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder. ECT is provided on both an inpatient and outpatient basis and is staffed by psychiatrists, registered nurses and anesthesiologists. ECT therapy is administered in accordance with standards of Electroconvulsive Therapy Practice developed by the American Psychiatric Association. ECT policies and procedures are consistent with Connecticut General Statutes and with Yale-New Haven Hospital standards of care.

For more information, call (203) 688-9719. For more information on ECT, see the Yale New Haven Health Library entry on the topic.

Our Psychiatric Consultation Service provides psychiatric consultation to patients admitted to other medical services at Yale-New Haven Hospital (including internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology), who are experiencing significant psychiatric symptoms or problems. The Consultation Service provides a range of services, including psychiatric evaluation, collaboration with medical specialists and arrangement for follow-up behavioral health care when needed.

We also contribute our expertise to a Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) located in the Yale-New Haven Hospital Emergency Department. The CIU staff is multidisciplinary and is represented by psychiatry, nursing and social work. This secure unit provides psychiatric assessment, treatment and referrals for adults who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency with severe symptoms that are difficult to control. Children and adolescents under the age of 16 who are in immediate danger, particularly those who may cause harm to themselves or others, are evaluated in the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Emergency Department.

More information
For more information about any of the information outlined above or to refer a patient to the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, please call our Admissions Office at (203) 688-9907 or E-mail us. See patient admission for helpful information geared to those who are being admitted to the hospital.

Last revised: December 8, 2004 (jj)

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