Southern CA Hospital at Van Nuys Psychiatric Hospital

Southern CA Hospital at Van Nuys Psychiatric Hospital

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

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

• Private for-profit organization

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Pharmacotherapies

• Quetiapine
• Perphenazine
• Fluphenazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Loxapine
• Lurasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Olanzapine
• Haloperidol
• Aripiprazole
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Paliperidone
• Trifluoperazine
• Clozapine

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Diet and exercise counseling