Psychiatry

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Comprehensive Mental Health Services in Queens

Jamaica Hospital provides emergency, inpatient, and outpatient psychiatric care for adults and children in Queens, NY.

Mental health services should be accessible to everyone, and we strive to provide caring and compassionate service to people from all walks of life. Whether you or a loved one is having a psychiatric emergency or you just want to speak with someone who understands, we can help you find the resources you need.

The Importance of Accessible Mental Health Care

In many instances, mental health diseases go undiagnosed and untreated. Failure to receive appropriate care for serious mental health disorders can result in physical injury, homelessness, severe drug addiction, and more.

A lack of adequate mental health care can affect not only the patient but their loved ones as well. Jamaica Hospital provides access to critical psychiatry services for the Queens community.

For emergency mental health support, dial 911 or visit the nearest emergency department.

For additional information or to make an appointment, please call 718- 206-5575.

Conditions & Services

Some of the many conditions Jamaica Hospital’s psychotherapists and mental health services staff can help with include:

ADHD
Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health disorder that includes a combination of persistent problems, such as difficulty paying attention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior.

Adult ADHD can lead to unstable relationships, poor work or school performance, low self-esteem, and other problems.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, uneasiness, tension, or worry. Persistent or severe anxiety can disrupt daily life and cause symptoms like nausea, dizziness, headaches, insomnia, and more.

When left unmanaged, anxiety can lead to more serious physical health issues, such as high blood pressure.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental condition that causes intense and often sudden changes in mood, energy levels, and behavior.

These dramatic shifts can last for hours, days, weeks, or months, and can interrupt your ability to carry out day-to-day tasks and maintain healthy relationships.
Depression
Depression is a common mental health condition that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. More serious cases sometimes involve suicidal ideation or a desire to self-harm.

Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, the condition changes how you think, sleep, eat, and act.
OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition in which you have frequent unwanted thoughts and sensations or obsessions that cause you to perform repetitive behaviors or compulsions.

Repetitive behaviors can greatly interfere with your social life and performing daily tasks, and some can be self-destructive or dangerous.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a stigmatized but serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel, and behave.

Schizophrenia may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Delusional thinking can sometimes be dangerous for both the patient and the people around them and requires treatment.

Jamaica Hospital's Mental Health Services

Outpatient Psychiatry Services

Jamaica Hospital’s Mental Health Clinic is located at 90-09 Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica, Queens, NY.   

Jamaica Hospital offers outpatient group, individual, family, and couples therapy, plus medication management and specialty services for children, adolescents, and adults.  

Outpatient mental health services are available six days a week, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

For additional information or to make an appointment, please call 718- 206-5575.

Inpatient Psychiatry Services

Jamaica Hospital offers inpatient mental health services within one of two 28-bed adult inpatient units in Queens. Our staff of caring and compassionate professionals includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, creative arts therapists, and nurses who are ready to help with a range of mental health conditions.  

For additional information call us at 718-206-6160 or reach our Psychiatric ER at 718-206-7099.

Mobile Crisis Services

Jamaica Hospital operates two community mobile crisis teams as part of our comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP). Our Queens, NY, team provides care to patients who are either unable or unwilling to receive continuing outpatient psychiatry services. The purpose of the Mobile Crisis Team is to perform initial screenings or ongoing assessment and stabilization. 

The Jamaica Hospital mental health team is comprised of a coordinator, certified social worker, and psychiatrist, visit the homes of both recently discharged patients, as well as newly referred patients, seven days a week.  

For mobile crisis intervention, please call 718-206-8437 or 718-206-8438.

Consultation / Liaison Service

The Department of Psychiatry provides 24-hour consultation and liaison services to other departments in the hospital, such as emergency room, internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, geriatric, pediatric, and obstetrics  & gynecology departments. Referrals are made by the patients’ primary treatment team.

 

For additional information, please call 718-206-7135.

Inpatient Chemical Dependency Unit (CDU)

Medisys’s 30-bed Chemical Dependency Unit is located at Flushing Hospital in Queens. We provide medically managed detoxification for alcohol, opiates, and other substances.  

Mental health and addiction services are provided for adults 18 years and older. Highly qualified professionals trained in substance dependency treatment staff the unit, including physicians, PAs, certified alcohol and substance abuse counselors, social workers, and nurses.  

The CDU is open 24 hours a day and has an easy and convenient admission process through its Addiction Triage Unit.  

For additional information, call 718-670-5693, 718-670-4524 or 718-670-5540.

Reflections Outpatient Program

The Reflections Outpatient Program  at Flushing Hospital is a chemical dependence outpatient service that uses a culturally sensitive, holistic model in treating addiction and addressing the impact it has on patients’ lives, as well as the lives of their families and loved ones.  

An abstinence-based approach is used to encourage participation in a 12-step program and other sources of sober support. Groups concentrate on areas such as relapse prevention, stress management, motivation, and fun in recovery.  

There are both male and female groups, and a group for patients’ significant others. Individual and family counseling is also available. 

For more information, please call 718-670-5078

For additional information about Jamaica Hospital’s psychiatry services or to make a referral, please call our Administrative Offices at 718-206-7135.