About Rensselaer County Mental Health Dept
Services Offered
Type of Care:
Substance use treatment Mental health treatment Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.):
Outpatient
Facility Type:
Outpatient mental health facility
Pharmacotherapies:
Chlorpromazine Fluphenazine Haloperidol Loxapine Perphenazine Aripiprazole Asenapine Brexpiprazole Cariprazine Clozapine IIoperidone Lurasidone Olanzapine Paliperidone Quetiapine Risperidone Ziprasidone Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Treatment Approaches:
Cognitive behavioral therapy Couples/family therapy Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment Individual psychotherapy Telemedicine/telehealth therapy Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public):
Local, county, or community government
Payment Assistance Available:
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Special Programs/Groups Offered:
Members of military families Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders Clients who have experienced trauma Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Assessment/Pre-treatment:
Screening for tobacco use
Recovery Support Services:
Mentoring/peer support
Facility Smoking Policy :
Smoking permitted in designated area
Age Groups Accepted:
Children/Adolescents Young Adults
Language Services:
Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing Spanish
Facility Vaping Policy:
Vaping permitted in designated area
Ancillary Services:
Case management service Suicide prevention services
