Behavioral health

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Adult Behavioral Health Screening Clinic – During the screening appointment, you will meet with nursing staff for a brief medical screening and then a member of our behavioral health team will meet with you to assess your current behavioral health needs, including your goals for treatment, and develop a plan with you to best meet those needs. We offer a variety of different services; see below to learn more about the services we offer adults.

Pediatric Behavioral Health Screening Clinic – During the screening appointment, you and your child will meet with a member of the nursing staff for a brief medical screening and then a member of our behavioral health team will meet with you and your child to assess your child’s current behavioral health needs, including their goals for treatment, and develop a plan to best meet those needs. See below to learn more about the services we offer youth.

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RecoveryWorks! Our RecoveryWorks! Program is a combination of therapy and medication-assisted-treatment along with groups to support the mind, body, and spirit while helping individuals overcome addiction. Read more about RecoveryWorks.

Peer Support. Our Peer Support Program is staffed by Certified Peer Specialists who serve as mentors and coaches in helping individuals learn coping strategies, engage in care when that feels tough, increase support and social networks, and provide recovery support when symptoms are less intense…all critical for supporting mental health.

Mental Health/Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Our Mental Health Rehabilitation services are provided by licensed mental health professionals who focus on supporting individuals who are living with serious mental illness. Rehabilitation services are focused on helping individuals develop skills and access resources needed to increase their capacity to be successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning, and social environments of their choice.

Outpatient Specialty Therapy. Our Specialty Therapy Program is treatment to decrease the unwanted impacts that mental health challenges can have on daily functioning. Our licensed therapists use evidence-based treatment to help individuals make meaningful change to unhelpful thought and behavioral patterns that are impairing functioning. Download more information on Specialty Therapy at CrescentCare.

Outpatient Specialty Psychiatric Care. Our psychiatric services include evaluation and treatment provided by licensed medical providers with specialty training in mental health and addictions.

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Wise Mind: Dialectic Behavior Therapy skills workshop that teaches use of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance to manage mental health challenges. This is an open workshop; no attendance commitment!

Mind Over Mood: Cognitive Behavior Therapy skills workshop for depression and anxiety management. Skills taught include cognitive therapy tools, behavior activation, mindfulness, and self-care all designed to reduce unhelpful thought and behavioral patterns. This is a closed 5-week workshop; each week builds on the skills learned in the previous weeks.

Executive Functioning Skills: Cognitive and behavioral skills are taught to improve time management, organization, prioritization & planning, reducing distractibility, and problem-solving. This is a closed 4-week workshop; each week builds on the previous.

Recreational Therapy: Therapeutic activities to increase socialization and improve cognitive and emotional functioning. This is an open group; no attendance commitment!

Recovery Dharma: Buddhist practices and principles for recovery; a peer-led movement with meditation practice. This is an open group; no attendance commitment!

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Outpatient Group Therapy. Our therapy groups are provided by licensed mental health professionals who use evidence-based treatments for depression and anxiety. Groups are offered at times aligned with the school schedule and tailored to be age appropriate. Some conditions are more appropriately treated with individual therapy in combination with group therapy or as a treatment prior to or following group therapy. Each youth will be evaluated by a licensed mental health provider to determine the best treatment approach.

Outpatient Specialty Psychiatric Care. Our psychiatric services include evaluation and treatment provided by licensed medical providers with specialty training in pediatric mental health. Once stabilized, individuals may be referred to their primary care provider for maintenance treatment.

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Unfortunately, there are some limitations to the kinds of services we can provide. Reasons for this may be that the request is not considered mental health treatment or the request may require evaluation by specialist outside of CrescentCare.

• Adult ADHD evaluation and/or treatment
• Specialty Therapy for Eating Disorders
• Specialty Therapy for Intellectual and/or Developmental Disorders
• Couples Therapy
• Child Custody Evaluations
• Firearm Concealed Carry Applications/Forms
• Bariatric Surgery Evaluations
• Federal Aviation Administration Fitness Forms
• Evaluation for Service Animal
• Evaluation for Autism
• Assessments for ability to return to work
• Assessments for ability to drive/operate a certain vehicle
• Medical marijuana recommendation/prescription
• Referrals for the sole purpose of obtaining form/letter for the following: Social Security, Emotional Support Animal, or Housing. For individuals in treatment for a mental health condition, CrescentCare providers may be able to provide documentation for these needs as a part of treatment if that is an appropriate part of the treatment plan.

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What if immediate, local mental healthcare is needed for myself or someone I know?

Please call 9-1-1 or proceed to your nearest emergency room. If you or someone you know is in a mental health, addiction, or intellectual/developmental disability crisis, you can call the Metro Crisis Response Team at 504-826-2675 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please also see information on this page about 24/7 crisis lifelines offering immediate support.

Can I get therapy at CrescentCare?

Every service we provide in our Behavioral Health Program is therapeutic! "Individual" or "one-on-one" therapy with an LPC, LCSW, PsyD, or LMFT is what some people are referring to when they ask this question. This type of therapy is considered specialty treatment and individuals must meet medical necessity criteria to qualify. Medical necessity criteria include 1) having a diagnosable mental health condition that impairs functioning in important areas of life 2) being ready to create measurable treatment goals and use an evidence-based treatment with a therapist to improve functioning, and 3) being motivated to make change by working in session and in between sessions on measurable therapy goals with plans to transition out of therapy when functioning is improved.

Download more information on Specialty Therapy at CrescentCare.

Do you provide adult ADHD evaluation and/or treatment?

We are unable to accept new patients for adult ADHD evaluation and/or treatment at this time.

I’m currently taking a benzodiazepine medication and/or think that might be a good option for me; does CrescentCare provide prescriptions for "benzos?"

Benzodiazepine medications are considered "controlled substances;" due to safe prescribing practices, CrescentCare providers do not prescribe these medications long-term or continuously.

Download more information on CrescentCare outpatient psychiatric services.

I need a certain kind of behavioral health letter/evaluations/clearance…can I get that at CrescentCare?

These kinds of specific requests are generally not provided by CrescentCare behavioral health staff either because providing a letter or evaluation is not considered medically necessary treatment or because it is an evaluation requiring a provider who is a specialist in that area. Behavioral health staff provide treatment for diagnosable mental health challenges that are causing impairment in functioning. Examples of the kinds of letter requests that are not considered "treatment" alone or that require evaluation by specialist outside of CrescentCare are letters/evaluations for emotional support animals, concealed carry permits, autism evaluation, bariatric surgery evaluation, social security evaluation, medical marijuana recommendation.

I receive behavioral health services at CrescentCare and I’d like to provide input about those services, is there a way for me to do that?
Yes! We’d love your feedback. There are several ways you can do that:

• You can get more information about joining our Behavioral Health Consumer Advisory Committee; please complete the contact form on our website if you’d like more information on how to get involved.
• You can also use the contact form on our website to provide feedback directly and indicate if you’d like a staff person to follow-up with you.
• Finally, during open survey periods, you can complete a satisfaction survey on the homepage of our website.