USC PRIVATE SERVICES

1. Faculty Practice Plan

A wide range of mental health services, including psychiatric evaluations, psychotherapy, medication evaluation and management, and psychological testing are available through the Faculty Practice Plan. The practice plan also provides service to USC students, staff and their family members. Clinicians are on panels of several managed behavioral healthcare firms, making clinical services easily available to patients covered by these plans.

Appointments may be arranged by calling: (323) 442-6000

2. USC University Hospital Inpatient Services

The USC University Hospital currently consists of 10 acute-level beds. It is a LPS-designated facility. The phone number for the Medical Director of psychiatric services is (323) 442-8724.

CLINICAL SERVICES (PUBLIC) AT LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER

Psychiatric Emergency Services
LAC+USC Medical Center
1200 N. State Street
Room 1234
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 226-7085

Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) are provided to patients of all ages 24 hours per-day. Voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients from the community are evaluated, provided emergency treatment, and are hospitalized or referred to appropriate services in the community. Patients are brought in by family, friends, police, probation officers, mobile emergency assessment teams, and by ambulance from a number of community agencies or community hospitals.

The majority of patients seen by staff in the LAC+USC Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) are chronic and severely mentally ill patients who reside in the greater central area of Los Angeles. Several hundred patients per month are seen in the PES, one third of whom are brought in by various police agencies.

Adult Inpatient Services

City of Angels Hospital (Ingleside Campus)
7500-A Hellman Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Phone (626) 572-2114

Psychiatric Adult Inpatient Services are located at Ingleside Hospital and are provided by LAC+USC staff, on two inpatient units. The average daily census is about 40 patients. Patients with all types of acute psychiatric problems are admitted if hospitalization is warranted. Many patients have concomitant medical problems, which require diagnostic and consultative services provided by other medical specialty services in the Medical Center. Acute care and treatment consists of a structured social environment with emphasis on reality reinforcement and behavior control, medication, individual and group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, occupational therapy, recreation therapy, and psychiatric social services, including family therapy. Discharge planning and continuing care planning are an integral part of inpatient care and treatment.

Adolescent Inpatient Services

Augustus F. Hawkins Mental Health Center, Ward C
12021 Wilmington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone (310) 668-8212

The Psychiatric Adolescent Inpatient Service, a 10-bed unit, is located at the Augustus Hawkins Mental Health Center. Patients admitted to the adolescent unit come from the LAC+USC Psychiatric Emergency Room, Women' s and Children's Hospital, the Child/Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, Probation Health Services (including Juvenile Hall), and direct referrals from physicians, hospitals, and other public and community agencies. Treatment consists of individual, family and group therapy, a structured- therapeutic social milieu, medication management, occupational therapy, recreation therapy, and psychological assessment. Teachers from the local school system provide educational evaluation and instruction.

Adult Outpatient Services

Contact Information
LAC+USC Medical Center
2020 Zonal Ave , IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-5753

The Psychiatric Adult Outpatient Clinic serves the mental health needs of the surrounding communities by providing psychiatric evaluation, psychological evaluation and testing, management, and individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy services. Patients may be self-referred or referred for evaluation by community agencies or from other divisions of the Medical Center. Follow-up clinics provide aftercare services for chronic mentally ill patients. Approximately 1000 patients are currently receiving Adult Outpatient Clinic Services.

The clinic has bilingual clinicians and support staff available to treat Spanish speaking patients from the local Latino community. Case management support services are available to help patients arrange housing and financial assistance. Active clinical research programs in the outpatient clinic focus on the treatment of schizophrenic disorders and anxiety disorders.

Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services

Contact Information
LAC+USC Medical Center
2020 Zonal Ave , IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-5753

The Psychiatric Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic provides psychiatric evaluation, psychological testing, individual and group (including family) psychotherapy with or without medication, and behavior modification therapy for persons under the age of 18. Approximately 400 patients are currently receiving Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services. Adolescents with a broad range of problems are served including those with hyperactivity, victims of abuse or violence, family-related problems, developmental disabilities, depression, schizophrenia, and school failure. Long-term treatment of adolescents who attend a special educational program and are identified as emotionally disturbed by the Los Angeles Unified School District is also provided.

Psychiatric Adult Consultation and Liaison (C&L) Services

LAC+USC Medical Center
1200 North State Street, Room 10-621
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-7975

The Psychiatric Adult Consultation and Liaison Service provides consultation upon request for any inpatient 18 years of age or older on a non-psychiatric service at LAC+USC Medical Center. This is an extremely active service which sees several hundred patient visits per month, of which about 20% are new consults and 80% are follow up contacts. Consultations generated from health professionals include requests for diagnostic evaluation, treatment interventions, assistance with medication and management, and competency determinations.

Patients may be suffering from a wide range of psychiatric problems including physiological conditions that cause delirium, anxiety and depression. They may also present with a wide range of cognitive, psychotic, personality, somatoform and/or adjustment disorders including suicidal ideation with attempts.

Psychiatric interventions resolve many issues and prevent needs for further hospitalization in the General Hospital or a psychiatric hospital.

Psychiatric Child and Adolescent Crisis Evaluation/Emergency Psychiatric Service

LAC+USC Medical Center
2020 Zonal Ave, IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-5294

The Psychiatric Child and Adolescent Consultation & Liaison Services provides psychiatric services to any patient who is under the age of 18 and for treatment teams who care for these adolescents throughout the LAC+USC Medical Center. Services are individual or family-oriented. Recommendations for the use of psychotropic medications are also made. The major categories of mental disorders or conditions seen on the service include mood disorders, psychotic disorders, intoxication, suicidal behaviors, behavioral problems, and conditions that result from medical problems.

In addition to the treatment teams, the Child and Adolescent C & L Service may interface with other children's service agencies, i.e. schools, juvenile justice system, child protective service, and other hospitals. Emergency consultations are primarily provided in the Women's and Children's Hospital's emergency room and the General Hospital's emergency room. Some children and adolescents are placed on involuntary holds, especially for severe suicidal behavior, and subsequently transferred to the psychiatric unit at Augustus Hawkins Mental Health Center or another community hospital.

Psychiatric Forensic Services

LAC+USC Medical Center
2020 Zonal Ave, IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-4942

The Forensic Psychiatric Services is a major resource for Los Angeles County, as well as Southern California, possessing an interdisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in the interface of mental health and legal issues.

Direct service activities consist of written evaluations, temporary conservatorship evaluations, and conservatorship evaluations (all of which include assessment, evaluations (and court appearances). Direct service activities also include treatment for mentally disordered offenders. Additionally, Forensic Services offers consultation to a wide variety of health and mental health professionals at the LAC+USC Medical Center. It provides consultative, educational, and informational services to community care facilities, government agencies, human services, law enforcement, the justice system, mental health agencies, and the community at large.

Psychological Services

LAC+USC Medical Center
20202 Zonal Ave, IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-5702

The Division of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry provides a range of services at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Psychological Assessment is available to medical and psychiatric in-and outpatients each year. Individual and group psychotherapy is offered to psychiatric outpatients. All services are available in Spanish. Specialty services vary from treatment of adults abused as children, to neuropsychological assessment. The Division has an active training program in psychological assessment.

Psychiatric Social Work Services

LAC+USC Medical Center
2020 Zonal Ave, IRD Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone (323) 226-5288

The Division of Psychiatric Social Work provides an initial psychiatric assessment for patients on the Inpatient Unit, in the Psychiatric Adult Outpatient Clinic, and the Psychiatric Child & Adolescent Outpatient Clinic. The Psychiatric Social Workers provide a full range of clinical services which includes multiple treatment modalities, e.g., education for the patients, and families, psychotherapy, and follow-up information including referrals. The treatment needs and abilities of the patient are regularly reassessed in order to promote recovery and improve functioning. As appropriate and needed, Psychiatric Social Workers may function as a consultant to interdisciplinary staff, schools, probation, courts, and other agencies. Psychiatric Social Workers provide education to students of various disciplines.