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ARKANSAS
STATE HOSPITAL
Charles Smith, Administrator
(501) 686-9032
Albert Kittrell, M. D., Medical Director
(501) 686-9467 |
The
Arkansas State Hospital (ASH) is licensed by the Arkansas Department
of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
formerly known as HCFA, and is accredited by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The
hospital includes 90 beds for acute psychiatric admission; a 60-bed
forensic treatment services program which offers assistance to
circuit courts throughout the state; a 16-bed adolescent treatment
program for youth 13-18; and a program for juvenile sex offenders.
Prior to the development of the sex offenders program, all such
individuals were sent to treatment facilities out-of-state.
This program became operational in January 1995.
With the exception
of the forensic court-ordered referrals, all admissions are
pre-screened by the 15 community mental health centers to assure
appropriateness of admission, continuity of care, and treatment
within the least restrictive setting possible. Each community
mental health center (CMHC) offers a full array of services and
brief intervention therapies, to long-term community support
services. The CMHC's offer 24-hour emergency care and persons
needing a more restrictive setting may be treated in a local
hospital or crisis unit. It is the intent of the Division of
Behavioral Health Services that accountability, responsibility, and
authority for client services will be at the local level.
INFO LINK: Arkansas
State Hospital Nursing Department
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