Seaside Outpatient Services

Overview

Seaside provides outpatient services and behavioral health care to individuals of all ages and their families with psychiatric, psychological and social problems that require individual, family, couple or medication management treatment modalities.

This program is part of an integrated continuum of quality services. The program utilizes an integrated needs assessment model of care in which treatment is delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The program encourages client and family involvement along with coordination of care with primary physicians at all stages of treatment planning and implementation in an environment where the dignity and cultural values of clients, families and staff are respected. Treatment should be efficient, with a solution-oriented philosophy of care and integration of supports both familial and socially based.

Seaside provides adult Outpatient services consisting of individual, marital and family treatment. We are staffed with Licensed Independent Practitioners who hold either a LCSW or LPC license. Also, psychiatrists provide medication assessment and services. Seaside is an insurance only entity of ABH. We accept most major insurance including AtlantiCare, Horizon, Aetna / US Healthcare and AmeriHealth. Seaside does not offer a sliding scale fee.

All first time appointments are scheduled through the ABH Access center at (609) 348-1116.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is accessible by telephone 24 / 7 at 1-800-260-0808. This is a program that provides contracted employer groups an EAP benefit as part of its employee benefit package. This program allows eligible employees a confidential counseling and assessment of any behavioral health concern without accessing the employees' insurance benefit. There are no co-pays and the number of sessions is based on the benefit design chosen by the employer. First time appointments are scheduled directly through the Seaside office at 1-800-260-0808.

Payment for Services at Seaside

Services at Seaside are funded fully by third party payers (health insurance companies) and the AtlantiCare Behavioral Health EAP. Seaside operates on a contract with AmeriHealth and relies on the co-payments for the remainder of its funding. Seaside directs all individuals without insurance or with Medicaid / Medicare to the access center for services at the other outpatient sites.

Level Of Care

Seaside provides one level of outpatient care. Individuals who are assessed to need intensive outpatient services and drug and alcohol services are referred to internal and external resources. EAP provides assessment/referral and psycho-educational interactions.

Scope Of Service

Seaside provides individual, family, couple, medication evaluations and monitoring services. Within these settings we provide supportive counseling. Our clinically trained staff utilizes various approaches such as cognitive-behavioral and solution-oriented techniques. We provide full coordination across the continuum with other community services and primary care physicians.

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