Bronx Care Health System

Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Bronx Care Health System provides mental health care in Bronx, NY, with hospital inpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy and telehealth. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-payment.

1265 Franklin Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10456

Call 718-901-8872

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

Pharmacotherapies

Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Chlorpromazine
Clozapine
Droperidol
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Perphenazine
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Thiothixene
Trifluoperazine
Ziprasidone

Treatment Approaches

Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Group therapy
Individual psychotherapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

Screening for tobacco use

Testing

Laboratory testing
Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Who we help

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Seniors or older adults
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
County or local government funds
Medicaid
Medicare
Other State funds
Private health insurance
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available

Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Support services

Recovery Support 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

Any Chinese Language
Arabic
Creole
Farsi
French
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Russian
Tagalog
Vietnamese

Ancillary Services

Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Legal advocacy
Suicide prevention services

About the center

Facility Type

Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

Facility operation

Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping not permitted