Crisis Services

Mary K Shell Building

Crisis Services provides mental health care in Bakersfield, CA, with outpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and telehealth. Payment options include Medicare and self-payment.

2151 College Avenue, Bakersfield, CA, 93305

Call intake: 661-868-8123

Services & treatment options

Treatment

Type of Care

Mental health treatment
Substance use treatment
Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Care setting

Outpatient

Pharmacotherapies

Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Chlorpromazine
Clozapine
Haloperidol
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Perphenazine
Pimozide
Prochlorperazine
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Thiothixene
Ziprasidone

Treatment Approaches

Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
Group therapy
Individual psychotherapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

Screening for tobacco use

Testing

TB screening

Who we help

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Young adults

Age Groups Accepted

Adults
Children/Adolescents
Seniors
Young Adults

Payment & insurance

Payment and insurance

Cash or self-payment
Community Mental Health Block Grants
Community Service Block Grants
County or local government funds
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Medicare
Other State funds
Private or Community foundation
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
U.S. Department of VA funds

Payment Assistance Available

Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Support services

Recovery Support Services

Housing services
Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Language Services

Other languages (excluding Spanish)
Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Spanish

Other Languages

Farsi
Hindi
Tagalog

Ancillary Services

Case management service
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Suicide prevention services

About the center

Facility operation

Local, county, or community government

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking permitted in designated area

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping permitted in designated area