About St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center – Pocahontas
St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center is located in Pocahontas, one of Arkansas’s most historic towns. This rural emergency hospital has 40 beds and has received recognition for its excellent heart attack and stroke quality of care.
Although they don’t have a specific substance use and mental health disorder treatment program, the ER and primary care doctors at the hospital can help clients get the help they need through the St. Bernards network of providers. The hospital accepts many private insurance plans and offers financial assistance to eligible individuals.
St. Bernards Healthcare has a large network of providers and services throughout the Arkansas area, including St. Bernards Behavioral Health Center in Jonesboro. The behavioral health center is an inpatient hospital with 14 beds for seniors ages 65 and over and 48 beds for adults ages 18 to 65.
The center staff includes nurses, psychiatrists, and licensed therapists. Clients receive therapy, including group therapy twice a day. Discharge planning is thorough and the staff ensures clients have a safe place to return home. For older patients, that may mean an assisted living facility.
Additionally, there’s an outpatient counseling center in Jonesboro. The center provides psychological evaluations, individual therapy, and psychiatric medication management.
The center can help with difficult addiction and mental health issues like persistent depression. They provide NeuroStar transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for treatment resistant depression. Another alternative they offer for treatment resistant depression is esketamine (Spravato), an FDA approved nasal spray.
Christ Centered Behavioral Healthcare in Arkansas
St. Bernards is a Catholic healthcare system that follows the religious and ethical directives for Catholic healthcare services. I think Catholic clients will appreciate the pastoral care services. You can request prayers and receive the Catholic sacraments, including anointing of the sick, reconciliation, and Holy Communion.
The spiritual care teams include Olivetan Benedictine sisters, pastoral aides, and a Catholic priest. There are also team members of other denominations.
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