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Huntington ACT Team leader - Claudia Devlin, L.C.S.W
Smithtown ACT Team leader - Carol Lethin,
L.M.S.W
Huntingon Smithtown
When individuals with severe mental illness won't come to
us, our ACT team goes to them.
Individuals suffering from serious mental illness often stop
going to programs designed to help with their treatment or
stop taking their medication. This can lead to repeated hospitalizations,
which disrupt the individual's life as well as the lives of
family and friends.
When those with severe mental illness no longer want to come
in for treatment, we have a solution: we go to them with our
Assertive Community Treatment team (ACT).
Mobile Inderdisciplinary Team
The Pederson-Krag Center has two ACT
teams to
provide assertive outreach for those with serious mental illness.
Our mobile interdisciplinary team offers a full range of services
and will travel to the patient's home or wherever the patient
wishes to meet us.
Our trained staff includes Registered Nurses, Social
Workers, Case Managers, Psychiatrists and
Nurse Practitioners.
Team members usually work individually with most patients
to meet the needs for food, clothing, shelter, mental health
and medical care. Our goal is simple: provide support for
the patient's maximum recovery and enhance the individual's
quality of life.
Individualized Service plan
In keeping with the premise of ACT, team members will go to
the individual's home to make an assessment instead of requiring
that person to come to us.
Once the patient is accepted, an individual
service plan
will be formulated based on a thorough bio-psycho-social assessment.
Treatment may include the following:
- Individual therapy, including crisis intervention and
crisis management
- Substance abuse counseling and treatment
- Family therapy
- Medical management and education
- Illness education, including symptom identification and
management
- Collaboration with other health care providers, including
the individual's physician
- Case management
- Peer counseling
Serving Huntington to Smithtown
The Pederson-Krag Center operates two
of the ten ACT teams
throughout the Long Island region and the only
teams working with
residents from Huntington to Smithtown.
Pederson-Krag Center West
55 Horizon Drive, Huntington, NY 11743
Tel: 631.920.8000 Fax: 631.920.8164
Pederson-Krag Center North
11 Route 111, Smithtown, NY 11787
Tel: 631.920.8351 Fax: 631.920.8460
Updated 4/12/04
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