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Kern Medical provides mental health care in Bakersfield, CA, with outpatient and hospital inpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare.
1700 Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA, 93306
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 Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient Outpatient Pharmacotherapies Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI Aripiprazole Chlorpromazine Clozapine Fluphenazine Haloperidol Lurasidone Nicotine replacement Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation Olanzapine Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination Paliperidone Quetiapine Risperidone Ziprasidone Treatment Approaches Abnormal involuntary movement scale Activity therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Electroconvulsive therapy Group therapy Individual psychotherapy Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment Emergency Mental Health Services Psychiatric emergency onsite services Assessment/Pre-treatment Screening for tobacco use Testing HIV testing Laboratory testing Metabolic syndrome monitoring STD testing TB screening Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV) Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV) Who we help Special Programs/Groups Offered Clients who have experienced trauma Clients with HIV or AIDS Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) Members of military families Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI) Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) Seniors or older adults Veterans Young adults Age Groups Accepted Adults Seniors Young Adults Payment & insurance Payment and insurance County or local government funds Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE) Medicaid Medicare Private health insurance State corrections or juvenile justice funds State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid U.S. Department of VA funds Support services Education and Counseling Services Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling Language Services Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing Ancillary Services Assertive community treatment Assisted Outpatient Treatment Case management service Court-ordered outpatient treatment Diet and exercise counseling Education services Family psychoeducation Intensive case management Suicide prevention services About the center Facility Type Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital Facility operation Local, county, or community government Facility Smoking Policy Facility Vaping Policy