Ponessa Behavioral Health

Ponessa Behavioral Health

Services:
Type of Care
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private for-profit organization

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Suicide prevention services

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors

Pharmacotherapies

• Chlorpromazine
• Paliperidone
• Cariprazine
• Aripiprazole
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Clozapine
• Haloperidol
• Fluphenazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Brexpiprazole

Testing

• Laboratory testing

Treatment Approaches

• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Activity therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy