Your mental and emotional well-being is as important as your physical health. It can affect your ability to manage daily life, whether at home or in the workplace. This is why WMCHealth provides an array of programs and services to meet all your mental and behavioral health needs.
If you’re struggling with mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, or substance use disorders, you’re not alone. For more than 90 years, we’ve been a leading provider of compassionate care for those facing similar challenges.
Why Choose WMCHealth for Mental and Behavioral Health
- Strong clinical leadership: Our experts are trusted to train and educate future psychiatrists enrolled at the Department of Psychiatry at New York Medical College. This means our team is always up-to-date with the latest research and treatment methods.
- Support for children, adolescents, and their families: We treat patients of all ages. And through our connection with Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, we offer consultations to families grappling with the challenges of a loved one’s serious illness.
- Expertise in your community: Mental and behavioral services are offered at MidHudson Regional Hospital and Good Samaritan Community Hospital.
- Supportive resources: From support groups to wellness tips, we act as a hub for helpful assistance throughout your journey towards better mental health.
Our Approach
WMCHealth takes a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to improving your everyday life. You can expect your care team to include a range of doctors, nurses, consultants, social workers, and other specialists. They have the expertise in the necessary fields to meet all your needs, including:
- Medical
- Psychiatric
- Neurological
- Psychological
Care In a Comforting Environment
Our goal is to provide extensive care while ensuring minimal disruption to your daily routine.
- For adults, we focus on reducing your symptoms and helping you continue your care in our outpatient clinic within the community.
- For children and adolescents, we work to provide evaluations and treatment in a structured setting. During your child’s stay they will not only receive the medical and psychological care they need, but we also have a school located in the building to minimize disruption to their education.
Conditions Treated
Our mental and behavioral health specialists treat the following disorders, whether chronic (persistent over time) or episodic (occurring occasionally):
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Panic attacks
- Substance use disorder (drug and alcohol addiction)
- Emotional problems as a result of life challenges and stressors
Treatment Capabilities
- Outpatient clinics
- Inpatient psychiatric care
- Emergency department screenings
- Individual and group therapy sessions
- Psychological evaluation
- Neuropsychological evaluation
- Orientation and family involvement
- Daily educational and therapeutic group activities
WMCHealth’s Mental and Behavioral Health Programs
- ePsychiatry: ePsychiatry lets you use a highly secure video conferencing system for psychiatric evaluations, consultations, and treatments. You can receive treatment at a location that suits you best, while almost feeling like you’re in a face-to-face session.
- Assertive community treatment (ACT): Our ACT team is a mobile, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to helping provide ongoing psychiatric support, treatment, and rehabilitation to you and your loved ones. The team works to help you maintain your community ties and prevent the need for future hospitalizations.
- The Ally Care Center. The Ally Care Center is a multidisciplinary clinic that offers a safe and welcoming environment and provides many services, including adolescent care, sexual health education, and confidential testing and treatments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and hepatitis C. The team also provides care for the LGBTQ+ community, including hormone therapy, as well as medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders. The Care Center is home to medical providers, counselors, and case managers and provides access to therapy, support groups and integrated behavioral health services.
- Gateway Program: The Gateway Program provides services regarding issues impacting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQI) community. This program also offers resources to other health service programs for the LGBTQI community. WMCHealth’s Gateway program is committed to treating everyone with respect, unconditional positive regard, and dignity.