Kingsboro Psychiatric Center

Details

Name :

Kingsboro Psychiatric Center

Address  :

681 Clarkson Avenue

Town  :

Brooklyn

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

11203

Phone  :

718 221 7700

Fax  :

718 221 7206

Web URL  :


Description

The mission of the psychiatric hospital is to provide competent compassionate psychiatric care to people with serious mental illness with a purpose of reintegrating them to the community

Services Provided

We provide

Comprehensive integrated services 24 hours per day for hospitalized patients
24bed Crisis Residence for patients who had been discharged but need to have

arrangements completed for residence placement

48bed Transitional Residence 65bed Family Care Program with certified homes in the community

Our communitybased outpatient clinics located in Canarsie and Williamsburg neighborhoods provide assessment and treatment planning health screening and referrals discharge planning verbal therapies medication therapy medication education symptoms management psychiatric rehabilitation readiness determination case management crisis management clinical support mobile outreach family support service
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