![]() The program provides evidence-based treatment including individual, couples, group and family therapy as well as psychological assessment and medication evaluations for the underserved as well as special populations including racial, ethnic and sexual minorities. ![]() Services are provided for a wide range of mental illnesses, eg, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety, personality disorders, PTSD and trauma, ADHD and developmental disorders, substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, suicide, parenting/family/couples problems and mental health issues associated with medical illness and aging. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Services at Fairmont and Highland Campus provide partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), outpatient clinic services, consultation/assessment and psychopharmacological services for adults, older adults, children, adolescents and families of AHS and Alameda County. 20 community psychologists serve as volunteer clinical faculty members for the psychology training program. The department has over 450 staff including 20 full-time and 30 part-time psychiatrists as well as 8 full-time and 6 part-time psychologists. The department also has the goal to integrate behavioral health services with all primary care and department of medicine sites throughout the health system hospitals and clinics. Our goal is to compassionately treat people suffering with mental illness as well as promote recovery, well-being and resilience. ![]() There are several inpatient and outpatient programs that make up the department: 24 hour Walk-in Urgent/Crisis Service at John George Hospital, Psychiatric Emergency Services, John George Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Services, Forensic Psychiatry, Medical/Psychiatric Services, Adult and Child Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service, the Outpatient Behavioral Health Services Programs, Integrated Behavioral Health Services at Ambulatory Primary Care Wellness Centers, Residency (planned), Internship and Fellowship Training and Research in Psychiatry. The department’s mission is to provide the best comprehensive, culturally sensitive and trauma informed psychiatric and behavioral health services for adults and children suffering with mental illness in Alameda County regardless of their ability to pay and be the premier center for mental health care in the East Bay. The department conducts clinical, consultation, educational and research activities at all of the Alameda Health System four hospitals, three rehabilitation facilities, four primary care clinics and four emergency departments. The Psychiatry Department at Alameda Health System, under the direction of Psychiatry Chair (interim), Tanuj Siddhartha, MD and John George Psychiatric Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Patty Espeseth, LMFT, encompasses a complete continuum of mental health care within the medical center system of care. At AHS, you will find caring experts to give you the tools you need. If you need help recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, we can help. If you or a loved one is struggling to cope with daily life, we’re here for you. Our mission of caring, healing, teaching and serving all includes caring for your mental and emotional well-being.
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