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Behavioral Health Services Behavioral Health services at UPMC Braddock include an 18-bed psychiatric inpatient unit, a 22-bed psychiatric inpatient unit with a dual diagnosis program tract, a 15-bed level 4A medically-managed detoxification unit, and 24-hour emergency services. Inpatient psychiatric units provide an array of clinical services to adult and geriatric patients with acute and persistent forms of mental disorders. The dual diagnosis unit specializes in treating patients with psychiatric disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders. Inpatient units are staffed with physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, and other professionals who provide psychiatric stabilization, medication evaluation and management, and individual, group and family therapies. Patients also have access to medical, spiritual and recreational services. The goals of inpatient care are to stabilize acute psychiatric conditions with medications and therapy, help patients develop an ongoing recovery plan to manage their disorders, and facilitate the transition to the next level of care. All discharged patients are referred to community residential or ambulatory programs for ongoing treatment. The detoxification unit provides medical and counseling services for patients withdrawing from addictive substances such as alcohol, opiates, sedative-hypnotics or other drugs. The goals of detoxification are to help patients safely taper off addictive substances, assess co-existing medical and psychiatric disorders, and motivate the patient to continue care in a rehabilitation, partial hospital, intensive outpatient, or outpatient program. Dual diagnosis and detoxification patients also attend specialized programming that focuses on recovery from substance use disorders. On-site meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous provide patients with the opportunity to learn about and engage in 12-Step programs. More severely addicted patients in need of rehabilitation can be referred to WPIC’s Living Sober rehabilitation program, housed at UPMC Braddock. Living Sober is an 2-4 week intensive, structured rehabilitation program specializing in treating patients with addiction, including those with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Living Sober also provides level 3A detoxification services for addicted patients who need medically monitored detoxification. The care provided
at UPMC Braddock is modeled after and managed by Western
Psychiatric Institute Clinic (WPIC). WPIC is one of the leading
behavioral health care programs in the country.
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