The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA: A Leader in Mental Health Care, Research, and Education
The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital (NPH) at UCLA stands as a global leader in mental health care, research, and education. As a key part of the UCLA Health System and the major psychiatry teaching facility of the UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, the 74-bed acute psychiatric hospital is dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of the community, its patients, and their families through excellence in research, education, and the delivery of neuropsychiatric and behavioral health services.
Comprehensive and Specialized Programs
The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital provides a wide array of care, addressing conditions from autism in children to Alzheimer’s disease among the elderly. Various types of treatment are available, depending on the patient’s age. The hospital offers comprehensive and specialized programs tailored to different age groups and specific needs:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services
The Child and Adolescent Partial Hospital Programs offer daytime acute care services for young patients with disorders such as autism, obsessive-compulsive disorders, schizophrenia and other childhood disorders. The child and adolescent care program helps children with autism, schizophrenia and eating disorders. Inpatient services for children and adolescents address a variety of psychiatric disorders, including:
- Conduct disorder
- Attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
- Autism and other developmental disorders
- Other complex neurobehavioral disorders
- Those associated with or complicated by learning disabilities, impulsivity and immaturity, neurological disorders such as epilepsy, and other chronic medical illnesses.
The 4 West Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry unit provides a well-structured, protective, nurturing, and stimulating environment. The unit program is a holistic approach and a behavioral milieu focus and is structured around positive reinforcement. Patients socialize with other patients and generally experience life in a community of peers. They will also be involved in individual therapy sessions and expected to participate in therapeutic group activities with other patients and staff on the unit. During an initial period of adjustment on the unit, patients will be assessed for participation in school and activities. The average length of stay varies from several days to two or three weeks, depending on the goals of hospitalization. A number of patients are admitted for extensive psychiatric, neurological, and educational evaluation. Others are admitted for medication trials or stabilization, for preparation for long-term residential placement, or for treatment of emotional and/or behavioral disorders.
Adult Psychiatry Services
The adult inpatient care program provides services in the hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric illnesses. The Adult Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs cater to adults with severe mood disorders, dual diagnoses, postpartum mood disorders and trauma. Adult psychiatry services provide comprehensive care for patients with psychiatric illness ages 18 and over. Inpatient services accept patients admitted under the care of psychiatrists on either a voluntary or involuntary basis. The Inpatient Unit is divided into three distinct neighborhoods and provides intensive nursing care and treatment for patients in severely disorganized, unsafe, or agitated states, as well as routine nursing care for the treatment of acutely ill psychiatric patients. Specialties include treatment for severe mood disorders, dual diagnosis, obsessive-compulsive disorders, post-partum mood disorders, thought disorders, and trauma.
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The 4 East Adult Intensive Care Psychiatry unit is comprised of a 24-bed inpatient care unit, which has as its objective the provision of inpatient psychiatric services to adult patients who are hospitalized for the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric illnesses. The unit accepts patients admitted under the care of psychiatrists on either a voluntary or involuntary basis. The inpatient unit is divided into three neighborhoods, A, B and C. The C neighborhood is for patients who require intensive nursing care and treatment due to severely disorganized, disoriented or agitated states. The A and B neighborhoods care for acutely ill adults who require routine nursing care for the treatment of their primary psychiatric illness and any secondary substance abuse issues. The treatment team for the adult inpatient unit consists of the expertise of psychiatric physicians, medical specialists, psychologists, clinical social workers, nursing staff and occupational therapists and provides a structured program of groups and activities focused on helping patients recover from their illnesses and to lead a full and productive life.
Geriatric Psychiatry Services
Geriatric psychiatry caters to those aged 55 and above, providing expert evaluation and treatment for mood disorders and dementia. Geriatric psychiatry services provide comprehensive care for adults 55 and older. Common services in the geriatric services program include evaluation and differential diagnosis of acute emotional and behavioral problems such as mood disorders, dementia psychosis, and complex behavioral disturbances that may be associated with underlying medical illnesses. The Geriatric Medical Psychiatry Unit is an acute-care setting facility where geriatric patients are evaluated and stabilized. The team provides patients and families with education and treatment to ensure a smooth transition back to the community. The Geriatric Psychiatry Unit has expertise in Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and provides this service within both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
The 4 North Geriatric Adult Psychiatry unit is comprised of two neighborhoods, A and B side, totaling 25 patient beds. 4 North’s inpatient program provides intensive evaluation and differential diagnosis of acute emotional and behavioral problems such as mood disorders, dementia and psychosis to the young and older adults. The program also provides comprehensive treatment to the 18 year old and older adults who may require more complex nursing care than a general psychiatric unit can provide and/or who are experiencing complicated medical conditions along with their psychiatric symptoms. The Departments of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine) and Geriatric Psychiatry operate clinics in adjacent buildings, which facilitates close interactions among clinicians and researchers.
A Holistic and Integrated Approach
The staff of Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital is composed of faculty from the departments of psychiatry, neurology, medicine, pediatrics, as well as members from the professional disciplines of nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, recreational therapy, speech pathology, social work, and special education. Patients of NPH and their families participate actively in their plan for treatment, during hospitalization, and after discharge, and special procedures and personnel are employed to ensure the most effective involvement of families in the care of patients. The hospital's design creates a calming environment with mostly private rooms, ample natural light and outdoor spaces.
Leading-Edge Research and Advanced Therapies
By integrating research into patient care, the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA is at the forefront of advancements in psychiatry. Research programs at the Neuropsychiatric Institute enable the staff to develop and apply the newest and most appropriate therapeutic methods. The institute also conducts educational programs at the undergraduate and postdoctoral level.
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Gifts to the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital are vital to underwriting pilot programs, research seed grants, research endowments and equipment and laboratories. They also support scholarships and fellowships, which are crucial to attracting, training and mentoring top graduate students and doctoral candidates.
Commitment to Excellence
The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital is licensed by the State of California and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). The mission of Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, in association with the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is to develop and maintain an environment in which education and research are integrated with exemplary patient care.
Additional Information
The Hospital is part of the UCLA Health System. The approximate average period of hospitalization, inclusive of long-term care (LTC) services, for inpatients formally admitted during the report period. The average is calculated by dividing total patient days by the number of discharges. HCAI regulates the design and construction of healthcare facilities to ensure they are safe and capable of providing services to the public.
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