Behavioral Health

Jersey Shore provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse services for pediatric and adult patients. Our new Christopher Center for Mental Health & Wellness, located in HOPE Tower, offers outpatient behavioral and mental health care in a beautiful and dignified setting. The center was built alongside other complimentary services to meet all aspects of physical, mental and emotional wellness for our patients.

Inpatient and outpatient services include:

• Addiction Recovery Services for adults who need treatment for substance abuse and addiction in an outpatient setting including an Adult Intensive Outpatient Program, 16-week DWI educational group, and continuing care for those in recovery. Services are provided in individual, group, and family settings.
• Adult Partial Hospitalization Services to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses who require more assistance than an outpatient service can provide but less structure than as inpatient service entails.
• Children’s Partial Hospitalization includes treatment for children ages 7-13, who are experiencing serious emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties at home, in school or in the community.
• Children’s Specialty Groups for children between the ages of 7 and 12 addressing anger management, coping skills, social skills and self-esteem.
• Crisis Unit including crisis intervention, assessments, linkage and referrals for adults, adolescents, and children experiencing an acute psychiatric emergency.
• Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) is a safe, non-invasive way to treat depression for patients who have tried multiple ways to treat major depression and have had no improvement. It uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. During the twenty minute session, an electromagnetic coil helmet is placed on the head. A painless magnetic pulse stimulates nerve cells in the area of the brain that controls mood and depression. To learn more call 732-643-4407.
• Electroconvulsive Therapy is a safe and effective treatment option for those suffering from severe clinical depression. It can be used to treat severe mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder, catatonia, high suicide risk and certain neurologic disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, when all other treatments have failed. The ECT procedure involves brief, controlled electric currents being passed through the brain, triggering a brief seizure. This causes changes in brain chemistry that can rapidly reverse symptoms of certain mental illnesses. To learn more call 732-643-4407.
• Inpatient Psychiatric Unit that provides an array of psychiatric, substance abuse, and medical services for patients age 18 years and older who are experiencing an acute exacerbation of a mental illness and require inpatient treatment for stabilization and safety.
• Outpatient Mental Health Services from short-term, solution-oriented psychotherapy to medication management, in individual, group, couple, and family settings.
• Therapeutic Nursery Treatment for children, between ages 3 and 6, who are having difficulties with aggression, impulsivity, disruptive behaviors, and social skills.
• Transitional Medication Clinic offering outpatient services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness who are in need of psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring.