St. Mary's Hospital - Decatur Services Behavioral Health

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Mental Health Services

OUR APPROACH

We approach our behavioral health services with one unifying belief—that all people are made of a delicate balance of emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual dimensions. This simple understanding of the complex nature of our patients has led HSHS St. Mary’s to help thousands of people in our community live productive, fulfilling lives despite struggling with a mental illness or addiction.

Adult Behavioral Health

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Adolescent Behavioral Health

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Memory Clinic

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Senior Behavioral Health

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Behavioral Health Services

St. Mary’s is a recovery-based program that offers acute inpatient services including assessment, stabilization and referral to community resources. Our comprehensive behavioral health care is for adults, adolescents and children dealing with psychiatric conditions and concerns such as:

Anxiety disorders
Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD/ADHD)
Mood disorders, Major depression, Bipolar disorder
Emotional and behavioral disturbances
Dementia
Family/relationship counseling
Medical detoxification
Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia

About Our Team

HSHS St. Mary’s Behavioral Health Services provides a safe and secure care setting for children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Our inpatient unit has 24 semi-private adult beds and 10 semi-private adolescent beds.

Our Behavioral Health team cares for every patient in a caring, respectful and professional manner. Our team is a mix of exceptionally trained multidisciplinary staff including psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, therapists and counselors. It is our goal for all patients to experience the Hospital’s core values of respect, care, joy and competence as we support their treatment goals and return to the community.

We Respect Confidentiality

We respect our patients’ confidentiality and require that everyone who visits the unit do so as well. All therapy sessions are treated in a confidential manner. Patients are not allowed to talk about past patients on the unit to current patients. They are not to talk to family members about past or current patients, and they are not allowed to exchange personal information such as phone numbers or addresses with other patients. Additionally, no cell phones, cameras or recording devices are allowed on the unit at any time.