rehabJohn Dempsey Hospital
Farmington, CT
Mental health care
University of Connecticut Health
John Dempsey Hospital
University of Connecticut Health provides mental health care in Farmington, CT, with outpatient and hospital inpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and telehealth. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-payment.
263 Farmington Avenue, Department of Psychiatry, Farmington, CT, 06030
Services & treatment options
Treatment
Type of Care
- Mental health 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
- Asenapine
- Brexpiprazole
- Cariprazine
- Chlorpromazine
- Clozapine
- Fluphenazine
- Haloperidol
- IIoperidone
- Loxapine
- Lurasidone
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Olanzapine
- Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
- Paliperidone
- Perphenazine
- Prochlorperazine
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
- Ziprasidone
Treatment Approaches
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Activity therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Electroconvulsive 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
- 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 with HIV or AIDS
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Seniors or older adults
Age Groups Accepted
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Payment & insurance
Payment and insurance
- Cash or self-payment
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
Support services
Recovery Support Services
- Mentoring/peer support
Education and Counseling Services
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Language Services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Spanish
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Chronic disease/illness management
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Illness management and recovery
- Integrated primary care services
- Legal advocacy
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Suicide prevention services
About the center
Facility Type
- Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital
Facility operation
- State government
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted