PSYCHIATRY
Overview
As part of a comprehensive continuum of care and an integrated
medical/behavioral approach to treatment, Northeast Health System
is committed to providing high-quality mental health services that
address a broad range of affective, behavioral, cognitive and
perceptual disorders. The mental health service programs of
Northeast Health System provide diagnosis, evaluation and
treatment of both psychiatric and substance abuse disorders, as
well as services to patients with coexisting substance abuse and
mental health disorders. The goal of treatment is to restore
patients' coping skills by involving each patient in an
individualized program that meets his or particular
needs.
BayRidge Hospital in Lynn offers a continuum of chemical
dependency and psychiatric services on an inpatient, partial
hospitalization and outpatient basis. Acute inpatient psychiatric
services and a partial hospitalization program are also available
at the Leland Unit at Beverly Hospital.
A total of 92 beds are available through
Northeast Health System's Inpatient Behavioral Health Service-18 at
the Leland Unit, 62 at BayRidge Hospital, and 12 at the Addison
Gilbert Hospital Senior Adult Unit, which provides specialized care
for seniors who require both medical and mental health services.
The Emergency Psychiatric Service is available to evaluate patients
who come to the emergency departments and require psychiatric
evaluation. The Consult and Liaison Service provides psychiatric
services to patients on the medical floors.
Other services include comprehensive
outpatient behavioral health services at Addison Gilbert and
Beverly hospitals and the DISCOVER Program at Addison Gilbert
Hospital, which, similar to the partial hospitalization programs,
provides structured outpatient addiction treatment.
Northeast Health System also includes Northeast Behavioral Health
dedicated to providing mental health and substance abuse services
to residents of the North Shore and Lower Merrimack Valley.
