Northside Behavioral Health Center Inc

PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES - CASE MANAGEMENT, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION, SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, PHYSICIAN SERVICES, SUPPORTED LIVING, CO-OCCURRING INTERVENTION, FLORIDA ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (FACT), PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES OF NORTHSIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES A POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE TO LONG-TERM HOSPITALIZATION WITH RESIDENTIAL, SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT (VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION), AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.STAFFED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO FUNCTION AS INDEPENDENTLY AND PRODUCTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ADULTS 18 AND OVER WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LONG-TERM MENTAL ILLNESS AND MEET THE OTHER CRITERIA FOR THESE PROGRAMS.

OUTPATIENT - COUNSELING SERVICES, CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SPECIALIZED TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, MEDICATION CASE MANAGEMENT, TANF (TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES) AND FASP (FAMILY ASSESSMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM).ALL OUTPATIENT SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE MAIN CENTER BEGIN WITH AN INTAKE ASSESSMENT PROVIDED BY A QUALIFIED THERAPIST WHO COMPLETES A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL EVALUATION AND MAKES NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS AND REFERRALS FOR CARE AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS AND WHEN CLIENTS MEET THE CRITERIA FOR PROGRAM SERVICES. SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE SUN COAST REGION.

ACUTE CARE SERVICES - CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT (CSU) AND FORENSIC PROGRAMS.OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT (CSU) IS A 20-BED, SECURE, THERAPEUTIC MILIEU THAT PROVIDES SHORT-TERM INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS AND OLDER. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SAFE AND INDIVIDUALIZED CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, WHETHER ON AN INVOLUNTARY OR VOLUNTARY STATUS, PER FLORIDA'S BAKER ACT. THE CSU IS A DCF-DESIGNATED RECEIVING FACILITY WHICH SCREENS, ASSESSES, AND ADMITS INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT TO THE UNIT UNDER SECTION 394.463, F.S. OUR GOAL IS TO STABILIZE AND REDIRECT PATIENTS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND LEAST RESTRICTIVE COMMUNITY SETTING AVAILABLE, CONSISTENT WITH THE CLIENT'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. OUR PATIENTS PRESENT WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF DIAGNOSES AND FUNCTIONAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. WE TREAT A WIDE RANGE OF DIAGNOSES INCLUDING PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (SUCH AS SCHIZOPHRENIA, SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDERS, MOOD-INDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS), MOOD DISORDERS (SUCH AS MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, BIPOLAR DISORDER, PTSD, AND OTHER ANXIETY DISORDERS), AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS (SUCH AS BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER).NORTHSIDE'S FORENSIC PROGRAMS PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF IN-JAIL AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES THAT COLLECTIVELY SEEK TO REINTEGRATE MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS INTO THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES AND FACILITATE SUCCESSFUL ROLE RECOVERY. OUR IN-JAIL SERVICES INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION, CASE COORDINATION, AND COMPETENCY RESTORATION PROGRAMMING FOR FELONY-CHARGED MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC LEGAL STATUS RELATED TO TRIAL COMPETENCE OR CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. OUR FORENSIC COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS PROVIDE ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO A WIDER RANGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, INCLUDING THOSE RETURNING FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE STATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, OR THE COUNTY JAIL. OUR FORENSIC PROGRAMS PROMOTE CONTINUITY OF CARE, AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY AFTER DISCHARGING FROM JAIL, PRISON, OR THE STATE HOSPITAL.