New!! Patient Handout with Local Mental Health Clinic contact info
(print this page out and patients can call for appts)
How to refer
your patient to psychiatry:
Geriatric Psychiatry at AIM and Home Bound
Elderly Programs (for patients over 60)
Psychiatric treatment (facilities that provide comprehensive psychiatric
care)
Med-Psych
at AIM
Psychotherapy
at AIM
Additional
Community Providers
Psychiatric
Emergencies (how to send
professional help to an ill patient's home, now)
Other psychiatry education
and referral resources:
NYC Psychiatric Help
Website
NYC Psychiatric Help Hotline:
1-800-LIFENET
En Espanol: 1-877-AYUDESE
Other NYC Hotlines (AIDS, rape crisis, and more)
Patient Information/Education (handouts)
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org 800-931-2237
Psychiatric facilities
(comprehensive):
CUMC 305-5977
(5-5977) Call M-F 8am-5pm to make a referral to the two psychiatry clinics (Eye
6 and Neuro 12)
Services: Psychiatric treatment, individual and group psychotherapy, MICA
(mental illness and chemical addiction) program
Languages: English and Spanish (there is a significant wait time for
Spanish speaking only patients)
Restrictions: Patients must live between 155th and 225th St. river to
river, or zip code 10463 in the Bronx
(Zip Codes 10032, 10033, 10034, 10040, 10463, and parts of 10031)
Instructions: Call 5-5977, then fax their referral form to 5-9732
(available in nursing station/PIC area)
(9/11
related psychiatric counseling for spanish
speaking patients- The NYS Psychiatric Institute Hispanic Clinic (for referrals
contact Mr. Hernandez at 543-5367 or Mr. Medina
at 543-6514)
Also at CUMC Eating
Disorder Research Clinic 543-5739
NYPI Anxiety
Disorder Research Clinic
Metropolitan
Center for Mental Health St. Nicholas Ave. and 165th St.
Services: Psychiatric treatment, individual and group psychotherapy,
chemical dependence treatment program
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: None. Sliding scale fee
schedule available for patients without insurance. Open until 10pm.
Instructions: Call (212) 543-0777 (mental health) or (212) 543-4445
(chemical dependence) for an appointment
Upper
Manhattan Mental Health Center 145th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
Services: Psychiatric treatment, individual and group psychotherapy,
chemical dependence treatment program, 24-hour emergency intake services
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: Patients must live between 125th and 181st streets in Manhattan; do not accept
all types of insurance (they do take CPP-there is no catchement
requirement for CPP). Free care for low-income
patients.
Instructions: Call (212) 694-9200 to make an appointment
Mt Sinai Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry Day Program
Offers
comprehensive, partial to full time psychiatric day treatment program for
patients with severe and persistent mental illness including but not limited to
MDD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, severe anxiety, trauma related disorder,
and personality disorders.
-Full time Day Treatment Program – accommodates pts with severe and
persistent mental illness- referring MD should contact 241-1511
-Community
Adjustment Program (CAP)- designed for individuals with severe and persistent
mental illnesses who are generally more isolated and have limited or no support
systems. Referring MD should contact
241-4936
-Dual
diagnosis/mentally ill chemically addicted program (MICA)- 241-6903
Bronx Lebanon
Hospital Center
Adult
Psychiatry OPD
1285 Fulton Ave.
Bronx, NY
10456
718-681-7748
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
234 East 149th Street
Bronx, New York
10451
General Information: (718) 579-5000
Montefiore Medical
Center
111
210 E St
Bronx NY
10467
Psychiatry
Clinic
718
920-4295
Resources at AIM:
AIM Geriatric Psychiatry
Services: Fellows in geriatric psychiatry who see patients over age 60
Languages: Spanish and English
Restrictions: None
Instructions: Complete a referral form, with AIM Geriatric Psychiatry
written on top (patient representatives can directly schedule an appointment in
Cadence)
Mental Health Outreach Program for the Homebound Elderly in
Washington Heights/Inwood
Services:
psychiatric care based in the home: assessment, case coordination, and long
term psychiatric treatment. Includes an annual home visit by
AIM Internist-Dr. Jones.
Restrictions: pts may live anywhere in Manhattan
north of 155th St.
Age of 60.
Instructions: For referral call 212-342-5799. May contact Dr.
Jones in Aim clinic as well.
AIM Social Work Group Therapy for
Spanish-Speaking Women (Jacob Gershoni)
Services: Group psychotherapy for Spanish-speaking women
Languages: Spanish only
Restrictions: Spanish-speaking women only
Instructions: Complete a referral form for appointment with Mr. Gershoni; write "group therapy referral" on the
form. He will first meet with the patient 1:1 and follow up as appropriate.
Additional Community Providers:
Patient Handout with Contact Information (print this page out
so patients can call for appts. themselves)
Alianza Dominicana 715 W. 179th St.
Lan guages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: Patients must live between 125th and 218th St. river to river
Instructions: Call (212) 795-4226 (providers or patients can call)
Catholic Charities Inwood
Clinic 652 W. 187th
St., 2nd floor
Services: Outpatient psychiatric therapy, individual and group
psychotherapy
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: Patients must live between 145th and 215th St. river to river
Instructions: (212) 795-6860 x27 for an appointment (providers or
patients can call)
Community Association of Progressive
Dominicans (ACDP) 3940 Broadway, 2nd floor (at 165th St.--across the street from CUMC)
Services: Outpatient psychiatry, individual and group psychotherapy
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: None, but priority given to patients in Upper
Manhattan
Instructions: (212) 781-5500 (providers or patients can call)
Inwood Community Services 651 Academy (between 200th
and 204th St.
near Dyckman St.)
Services: Outpatient psychiatric therapy, individual and group
psychotherapy, MICA (mental illness and chemical addiction) program
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: None
Instructions: Call (212) 942-0043 (providers or patients can call)
Jewish Board of Family
and Children's Services 549 W. 180th St.
Services: Outpatient psychiatric therapy, individual and some group
psychotherapy
Languages: English, Spanish, and Russian
Restrictions: Patients must live between 125th St. and 225th St. river
to river
Instructions: Call (212) 795-98 88 x143 to make a referral (providers or patients can call)
New York State
Psychiatric Institute Research Clinics 1051 Riverside Drive
Services: Research clinic for patients with some psychiatric disorders
who wish to participate in a research protocol. Active protocols include
studies in Anxiety Disorders (including panic disorders, PTSD, compulsive
gambling, the Hispanic Anxiety and Depression service, and other conditions),
Bipolar Disorders, Depression, and Eating Disorders.
Languages: English and some Spanish
Restrictions: Patients must be literate and must not have severe comorbid medical or psychiatric illness. Check the website
first to make sure that your patient meets eligibility criteria. Most
treatment is free.
Instructions: For anxiety
disorders call (212) 543-5367, for bipolar disorders call
(212) 543-6500, for depression
under age 65 call (212) 543-5734, for depression
over age 45 call (212) 543-5825, for eating disorders call (212)
543-5739 (patient can call)
Puerto Rican Family
Institute
Manhattan - 145
W 15th St. NY 10011 5th Fl NY
10011
Bronx-
4123 3rd Ave
(b/n Cross Bronx and E. Tremont)
For OP referral : 718-299-3045 (patients can call)
For
referral after IP admission: 212-229-6904
Washington Heights Community Service of
NYSPI (Two locations)
Services: Psychiatric treatment, individual and group psychotherapy,
MICA program (Inwood location only)
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: For severe, chronic mental illness only (e.g.
schizophrenia, severe bipolar disorder). Patients must live between 155th and
225th streets in Manhattan.
Free care for uninsured patients.
Instructions: For patients between 155th and 181st streets, call (212)
928-8300 to make an appointment at the Audobon Clinic
(513 W. 166th St.
next to AIM East). For patients who live between 181st and 225th streets, call Inwood
Mental Health
Center at (212) 942-8500
(26 Sherman Avenue)
Service Program for Older People
http://www.spop.org/ A comprehensive home visit program for elderly adults in Spanish Harlem/Upper East Side
Psychiatric emergencies:
CUMC Mobile Crisis Team
Services: Emergency psychiatric home visits for English and Spanish
speaking patients who will not come to the Emergency Department
Languages: English and Spanish
Restrictions: They have a limited geographic area, but they can refer
you to an appropriate mobile crisis team if your patient lives outside of their
zone. Service available Mon-Fri 8am-7pm Weekends 9am-5pm
Instructions: Call (212) 342-5797
When in doubt,
Patient Education Materials:
The
National Institute of Mental Health has an excellent patient education
website, complete with English Handouts
on many subjects and
Spanish handouts also. The NYC psychiatric help website has
additional information (English only) on diseases, with an emphasis on services
available to patients in New York City.