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About UK Good Samaritan Hospital
University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital provides a wide range of medical services for clients in Lexington, Kentucky. Their Behavioral Health Unit offers inpatient psychiatric care within the UK HealthCare system for adults and adolescents.
In this unit, they specialize in helping people with acute mental illness, including co-occurring addictions. Their treatment periods are typically short, so think days as opposed to months. They provide leading edge mental health treatment and strive to continually advance their model of care.
They recently moved their Adolescent Unit, which is called the Pediatric Behavioral Health Unit, to a new space at Kentucky Children’s Hospital. They have private and semi-private rooms to care for those aged 17 and under who are struggling with behavioral health problems.
The Adult Unit is a 19 bed area that helps adults who may have been diagnosed with a number of psychiatric issues like mood or anxiety disorders, personality or thought disorders, and or substance use disorder (SUD).
All of their Behavioral Health Unit staff have special certifications such as Basic Life Support, Crisis Prevention Intervention and Suicide Assessment and Prevention.
Good Samaritan also works in collaboration with Eastern State Hospital (ESH) which provides recovery focused acute mental health care. At ESH, they help people 18 and over who are diagnosed with any number of psychiatric mental health issues.
They also have a recovery center here that provides Personal Care Homes for people with severe and persistent mental illnesses. One former patient said they helped them in their darkest time and the staff is amazing.
Payment Options
Medicaid 
Private insurance 
Self-pay options 
Financial aid 
Medicare 
Military insurance - Military Insurance
Levels of Care
Inpatient
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Programs
Adolescence program
Adult program
Elderly program
Hearing impaired program
Young adult program
Settings & Amenities
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Recreation room -
Private rooms
Insurance
Our Policy: UK Good Samaritan Hospital works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact us to verify your specific insurance provider.
Aetna
Ambetter
Blue Cross Blue Shield
CareSource
Cigna
Elevance Health
Humana
Molina Healthcare
First Health Network
SIHO
Sagamore
UnitedHealth Group
WellCare
Treatment
Dual Diagnosis
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Mental Health
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Electroconvulsive Therapy
ECT is a form of treatment in which controlled electric currents are passed through the brain, sometimes causing short seizures. Treatments are done under general anesthesia. ECT appears to change brain chemistry for the better, and has been shown to provide fast and sometimes dramatic improvements in severe mental health conditions that can exist alongside addiction, including depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and suicidality. ECT is also often used by those who prefer it to taking medication.
Experiential Therapy
Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
Individual Therapy
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
Nutrition Therapy
Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.
Contact
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Edited by:
Courtney Myers, MS
