Halifax Health Psychiatric Center offers Acute Adult Psychiatric treatment with a dedicated Medical Director available Monday through Friday and a staff of skilled nurses and therapists. There are three units: Stabilization, Intensive Treatment and Supportive Care.
Our inpatient treatment program accepts patients with a physician order. Adolescents age 14 and older can be admitted if their behaviors contraindicate admission to an adolescent unit. Patients who are medically unstable must be stabilized on a medical floor prior to admission to the unit. Patients solely in need of detoxification from alcohol/drugs with no other psychiatric symptomatology are not appropriate for admission.
Visiting Hours:
Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 2:00 to 4:00 pm, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Additional Time for Geriatrics Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Halifax Health Medical Center is the only hospital in Volusia County to be certified by DCF as a Baker Act facility
Halifax Health Psychiatric Center can provide Electro Convulsive Therapy; Electroconvulsive therapy is a procedure in which electrical currents are passed through the brain to trigger a seizure. Given in a series over several weeks, ECT can help alleviate the symptoms of certain mental illnesses.
- Severe depression, accompanied by psychosis, suicidal intent or refusal to eat
- Mania that hasn't been improved with medications
- Schizophrenia, when symptoms are severe or medications aren't sufficient
Halifax Health Psychiatric Center's treatment philosophy is reflected through four main concepts:
Holistic View of Individuals: Patients are viewed in their totality as human beings rather than diagnostic categories. This makes it possible to assess and treat patient's individual problems without losing sight of the person as a complete entity.
Treatment Team Approach: The Interdisciplinary Treatment Team is at the core of the treatment program. Patients are assessed by individual disciplines (i.e., physicians, nurses, social workers, recreation therapies, etc) who then coordinate treatment planning, goal setting and treatment implementation with the patient. Each discipline that impacts a patient's recovery has input into the treatment planning process.
Eclectic Treatment Approach: Halifax Health Psychiatric Center supports the use of various treatment interventions. Treatment is individualized to assure the most positive results.
A Patient Participatory Treatment Program: Patients are strongly encouraged to take an active role in their treatment. Patients are provided with many opportunities to give their input and opinion.
Support Groups: Halifax Health Psychiatric Center offers FREE Bipolar and Depression Support Groups weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
Halifax Health also offers three (3) psych screening rooms in the Emergency Department for fast evaluation.
Contact: To call Halifax Health Psychiatric Center call 386.254.4080.
