Merakey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted without restriction

Pharmacotherapies

• Olanzapine
• Thioridazine
• Lurasidone
• Quetiapine
• Chlorpromazine
• Thiothixene
• Loxapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Risperidone
• Trifluoperazine
• Aripiprazole
• Ziprasidone
• Perphenazine
• Paliperidone
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Haloperidol
• Fluphenazine

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• County or local government funds
• Medicare
• Medicaid

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Language Services

• Spanish

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Illness management and recovery
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Location

1801 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102

Phone: (866) 453-5762

Website: http://Merakey.org

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