NYC Health + Hospitals - North Central Bronx

About this facility

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx offers a wide range of behavioral health services for children, teens, adults, and seniors. They provide emergency care, inpatient psychiatry, addiction treatment, and outpatient therapy. A notable feature is their inpatient unit dedicated to elderly patients, which was among the earliest in the Bronx to focus on specialized geriatric mental health care. The center’s treatment approach incorporates different kinds of therapy to meet each person's needs. Services include individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, psychiatric evaluations, medication support, and harm reduction for substance use. Their assertive community treatment (ACT) Team delivers intensive, mobile, community-based support to individuals with serious psychiatric disabilities. This team works to improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations by offering daily treatment services, plus 24/7 crisis intervention. In addition to traditional care, the hospital offers specialized programs like a partial day hospital for those in crisis, a smoking cessation clinic, and recovery services for individuals at risk of HIV. With short-term and long-term options, as well as family support, the hospital ensures each person gets care that fits their situation and goals.