Inpatient Services Hunterdon Behavioral Health
Hunterdon Health’s inpatient behavioral health unit is a 14-bed open voluntary facility that provides short-term intensive treatment for patients in need of inpatient psychiatric stabilization or detoxification.
Inpatient Services at Hunterdon Behavioral Health include:
- A 14-bed open voluntary facility
- Short-term intensive treatment for patients in need of inpatient stabilization
Our goal is to return patients to families, workplace, and community as quickly as possible.
- The average length of stay is 5 days.
- We involve patients and their families in treatment and recovery.
- Patients 18 years of age or older who have the potential to benefit from short-term intensive treatment of psychiatric problems or addiction(s)
- Patients who are willing to become an active participant in treatment
- Multidisciplinary assessment, including complete psychiatric assessment
- Medication management
- Individual, group, and family counseling
- Activity therapy
- Psycho-education for patients and families. Discharge planning and linkage to follow-up support services
- The multidisciplinary team provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, nursing assessment, and psychosocial evaluation and activity assessment.
- Patients admitted for detoxification are also evaluated by an addictions treatment counselor.
- Patients have access to a stocked kitchen, a large lounge area, and patio.
- One-on-one sessions and family meetings take place in private areas, ensuring complete confidentiality.
- A quiet area of the lounge provides a peaceful and relaxing environment to read, listen to music or watch videos.
- Patients can also participate in supervised crafts if they so desire.
- Discharge planning is central to the treatment process and is initiated at the time of admission.
- The treatment team, along with the patient and his or her family, identify discharge needs.
- The treatment team provides referrals to related programs and services, including outpatient care, employment support, and ongoing monitoring.