Aiken/Barnwell Mental Health Center · North Augusta, SC

Starting care

• An initial screening helps determine the services appropriate to the person’s needs.

Care coordination

• Staff can help connect patients with medical, social, educational and other community resources.

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

Care setting

• Outpatient

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Brexpiprazole
• Cariprazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Clozapine
• Haloperidol
• IIoperidone
• Loxapine
• Lurasidone
• Olanzapine
• Paliperidone
• Perphenazine
• Pimozide
• Prochlorperazine
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Thioridazine
• Thiothixene
• Trifluoperazine
• Ziprasidone

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Testing

• Laboratory testing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Seniors or older adults
• Young adults

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Insurance carriers

• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Humana
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• TRICARE
• UnitedHealth Group

Payment

• The centre lists Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP and some private insurance. Discounted fees are available to qualifying patients; confirm coverage with the office.

• Cash or self-payment
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Other State funds
• Private health insurance
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education agency funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Clinical support

• Psychiatric assessment, nursing and psychosocial rehabilitation may form part of care.

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Facility operation

• State government

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

At a glance

• 431 W Martintown Road, North Augusta, SC 29841.
• Office: 803-278-0880; Monday–Friday, 8: 30 am–5 pm, excluding state holidays.

Psychotherapy

• The clinic offers the same outpatient service range as the Aiken clinic, including individual, group and family psychotherapy.