About Beacon Behavioral Health – New Orleans
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana Beacon Behavioral Hospital is an inpatient wellness center specializing in therapy and treatment for mental and behavioral health issues. This is one of the organization’s 5 Louisiana based inpatient hospitals. Support here is available to adults aged 18 and older. In terms of payment they accept Medicare and Medicaid, along with other commercial insurance providers.
Inpatient treatment here is designed to provide short term acute treatment for mood disorders and behavioral conditions as well as psychosis and suicidal ideation and other mental health conditions. The facility is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists and nurses along with mental health and recreational therapists and behavioral health technicians.
The clinical services available here include crisis stabilization and medication evaluation and management as well as safety evaluation. Residents can also expect structured group therapy sessions and social service therapy groups. They have crisis-oriented family therapy and support for loved ones and caregivers along with daily one on ones with a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner. Recreational therapy also features to add a further holistic element to the center’s treatment offering. Some of the recreational therapy styles offered include art therapy and music therapy.
This particular location is a 34 bed unit in which residents get their own private room for extra comfort. The regular schedule for inpatient care may involve specialized addiction treatment services for those who need them, alongside nursing educational groups and personal goals groups. Once residents near the end of their program, they will work with the team to develop a thorough discharge plan to ensure a smooth transition for more sustainable results.