University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

University of Louisville Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS)

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Veterans
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Pharmacotherapies

• Aripiprazole
• Ziprasidone
• Quetiapine
• Clozapine
• Loxapine
• Fluphenazine
• Olanzapine
• Perphenazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Chlorpromazine
• Droperidol
• Lurasidone
• Risperidone
• Paliperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Asenapine
• Haloperidol

Type of Care

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Education services
• Illness management and recovery
• Intensive case management
• Legal advocacy
• Integrated primary care services
• Assertive community treatment

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• STD testing
• Laboratory testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• TB screening
• HIV testing