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Adult Behavioral Medicine

The Adult Psychiatric Unit at Sacred Heart Hospital is a 20-bed unit dedicated to the care, education, and recovery of adults with psychiatric disorders, such as major depression, anxiety, bipolar illness and other mental health disorders.

Services Provided

Our patient can expect an experienced, compassionate, and interdisciplinary team approach that will meet their specific mental and physical health care needs.

Skilled psychiatric and health professional are trained to assist patients in their self-discovery, learning, and recovery process through:

  • Art/Music/Spirituality Therapy
  • Nursing Educational Groups
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Social Work Groups

Daily Routine

  • Morning Community Meetings
  • Art/Music/Spirituality Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Social Work Process Group
  • Evening Community Group

Admissions Criteria

  • The patient must be 18 years of age or older
  • The patient must be able to participate in unit activities.
  • The patient must be diagnosed with an acute psychiatric disorder.
  • Each patient must be medically cleared before admission.

Depression affects millions of Americans every year; most are high-functioning adults with families, jobs, and lives typical of the average American.

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders and the most easily treatable. Studies have shown that 25 percent of the population will suffer from an anxiety disorder sometime during their lives.

Mood disorders like depression and anxiety disorders are expected to continue to rise significantly in the United States over the next 20 years.

Lives are often stressful and complicated and can alter or affect our mental health.

Don’t suffer alone. Help is available at Sacred Heart Hospital. Our highly trained and experienced staff will treat you medically and with behavior and cognitive therapies during your hospitalization – promoting your optimal level of function after discharge.

To learn more about Sacred Heart Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric services, please call (610) 776-4937. For more information on Sacred Heart Hospital’s Adult Behavioral Medicine, please call (610) 776-5932.