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Behavioral Health Inpatient Services

Behavioral Health inpatient services are provided for adults, children, and adolescents, including geriatrics with psychiatric needs. Inpatient services are also available for individuals with MCIA (mental illness and chemical abuse disorders).

Addiction Psychiatry Program

Provides methadone and chemical dependency (CD) services, inpatient and partial hospitalization for MICA (mentally ill chemical abuse) patients.

Chronic Mental Illness

The Long Term Care Program provides health services for adults with severe mental illness. The Program consists of the University Service impatient unit at Rochester Psychiatric Center, and Strong Ties, an outpatient clinic located within the community.

Crisis Programs

Crisis Programs provided by Strong Behavioral Health include outpatient, short-term hospital observation, emergency, and mobile crisis services for patients in an acute mental health crisis. The Crisis Outpatient Service provides crisis intervention, individual therapy, case management, psychopharmacology and emergency evaluations.

Family Programs

Strong Family Therapy Service provides therapeutic and consultation services to individuals, couples, and families with a wide range of concerns. The program offers services for marital conflict, parenting challenges, sexual problems, blending families, grief and loss, domestic violence and coping with health problems.

General Psychiatric Services

General Psychiatric Services provide a full range of mental health services including: psychiatric evaluation, short-term individual and group therapy, family systems-oriented therapy, psychopharmacologic and case management.

Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry

A variety of geriatric and psychiatric services are available to older adults with Alzheimer's disease, dementias and emotional behavioral difficulties. Services include inpatient, consultation and assistance with mental retardation/developmental disabilities.

Psychiatric Consultation

Psychiatric Consultation provides consultation and liaison services to Strong Health, ambulatory areas of the University of Rochester, general and specialty health care providers in the community, and primary care providers within their offices.