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Adult, Adolescent, and Child Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services
Mary Lord, RN
Director of Psychiatric Services
Telephone 978-463-1066
Director of Psychiatric Services
Telephone 978-463-1066
Inpatient Adult and Older Adolescent Psychiatry Services
Inpatient care at Anna Jaques Hospital provides brief, acute in-patient care to adults and adolescents ages 17 and older with a broad spectrum of psychiatric problems such as mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance abuse, trauma, and disruptive behavior disorders. The in-patient program is a 20-bed acute care unit located at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, MA. This co-ed unit contains 12 single and double rooms and three common areas.
Inpatient care at Anna Jaques Hospital provides brief, acute in-patient care to adults and adolescents ages 17 and older with a broad spectrum of psychiatric problems such as mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance abuse, trauma, and disruptive behavior disorders. The in-patient program is a 20-bed acute care unit located at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, MA. This co-ed unit contains 12 single and double rooms and three common areas.
Partial Hospitalization
Partial Hospitalization is a structured program of active treatment for psychiatric disorders. Patients attend 5 hours per day and return to their own residence.
Partial Hospitalization is a structured program of active treatment for psychiatric disorders. Patients attend 5 hours per day and return to their own residence.
Program and Treatment Overview
Each patient is assigned to a treatment team consisting of a psychiatrist, nurse, social worker and occupational therapist.
Each patient is assigned to a treatment team consisting of a psychiatrist, nurse, social worker and occupational therapist.
Clinical services and treatments may include:
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Comprehensive and multidisciplinary evaluation
- Psychopharmacologic evaluation and management
- Restraint avoidance planning
- Crisis-oriented intensive family consultation as indicated
- Consultation to schools and residential programs as indicated
- Case management and collaboration with outpatient clinicians, family and other community agencies
- Group and occupational therapy
Dual Diagnosis Program
The program addresses substance abuse disorders in patients with a primary psychiatric disorder.
The program addresses substance abuse disorders in patients with a primary psychiatric disorder.
ECT treatments Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a procedure used to treat individuals suffering from the symptoms of severe depression. ECT may be indicated when other treatments, such as psychotherapy and antidepressant medications, have failed.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a procedure used to treat individuals suffering from the symptoms of severe depression. ECT may be indicated when other treatments, such as psychotherapy and antidepressant medications, have failed.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program
The Anna Jaques Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program provides locked inpatient psychiatric services to children and adolescents ages 4-17. Patients are admitted to the program when their mental or emotional disorders prevent them from safely functioning at home, at school, or in the community. The program offers short term inpatient treatment and stabilization. Patients typically are admitted after evaluation in a hospital emergency department, outpatient treatment center, or residential treatment center.
The program includes:
- Psychiatric, nursing, and psychosocial evaluation
- Medication evaluation and psychopharmacological treatment
- Therapeutic and occupational groups, free time, and outdoor exercise
- Parent, family, and guardian involvement in treatment planning
- Coordination with state and private agencies and outpatient providers
- Restraint avoidance planning
- Educational tutoring and coordination with schools
- Discharge planning
The program is staffed by psychiatrists, nurses, mental health counselors, occupational therapists, and social workers. The full resources of Anna Jaques Hospital are available to treat medical conditions and emergencies.
Visitation hours are between 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Visitors must be pre-approved by parents or guardians. All visitors must present photo identification prior to visiting the child or adolescent.
The program does not admit children and adolescents brought directly to the unit without prior notification and admitting orders. Individuals experiencing psychiatric emergencies should be evaluated in the Anna Jaques Emergency Department, other hospital emergency department, or by a mental health provider qualified to make an emergency evaluation.
Located in Amesbury, near I-495 and I-95 in Northeast Massachusetts, the 12-bed program serves children and adolescents from Massachusetts as well as Maine and New Hampshire. Most insurance plans are accepted including MassHealth. The program is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.
For further information about the program or an admission, please telephone 978-834-8448.