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UPMC
Northwest
- Venango
County
In Venango County, UPMC Northwest provides Inpatient and Outpatient
Mental Health Services, as well as Outpatient Drug and Alcohol
Treatment. Currently, services are offered at the Oil City Campus,
but in the fall of 2004 they will be offered at the new facility
in Cranberry.
The new
Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit will have 28 beds, as opposed
to 15 currently, with 10 adolescent and 18 adult/geriatric beds.
The new inpatient unit will be patterned after the world renowned
programs at Western
Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. A team of highly specialized
professionals will be working with the patient and their family
in order to return them to an optimal level of functioning.
Outpatient
Adult and Child/Adolescent Services for Mental Health, as well
as Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Services will be offered at the
new locale. In conjunction with these services is an extensive
consultation/liaison service provided to the entire hospital
in order to meet the Behavioral Health needs of all of our patients.
- Crawford
County
Meadville - Crawford County Counseling
In Crawford
County, UPMC is the major provider of Outpatient Behavioral Health
Services; which include Outpatient Mental Health for Adults and
Child/Adolescents, Adult Partial Hospitalization and Crisis Services
mobile, telephone and walk in.
To meet
the needs of the consumers, UPMC employs a host of specialty
trained psychiatrists, therapists and nurses. They meet with
the patients individually and/or in a group setting to ensure
that the most effective treatment is provided to the individualized
issues and problems presented to the team. With the link to
WPIC, and their vast array of professionals and knowledge, there
is no problem or patient that cannot be attended to either at
this clinic or within the UPMC
Behavioral Health Network.
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