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The Washington Heights Community Service of NY State Psychiatric Institute 1051 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10032 212-543-5412
Audubon Avenue Clinic 513 West 166th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10032 212-928-8300
Inwood Mental Health Center 26 Sherman Avenue New York, NY 10040 212-942-8500
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The Washington Heights Community Service Of New York State Psychiatric Institute |
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The Washington Heights Community Service 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 112 New York, New York 10032 Phone: 212-543-5412/5413 Fax:212-543-5962 Email:rh189@columbia.edu |
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Pellegrino Sarti, M.D., Director Dianna Dragatsi, M.D., Director, Inwood Mental Health Clinic Ewald Horwath, M.D., Director, WHCS Inpatient Unit Pellegrino Sarti, M.D., Director, Audubon Avenue Clinic Meg. S. Kaplan, Ph.D., Director, Sexual Behavior Clinic Milton Wainberg, M.D., Director of Medical Education Karen McKinnon, M.A., Coordinator of Training and Research Richard Herman, M.A., Administrator |
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The Washington Heights Community Service of New York State Psychiatric Institute provides inpatient and outpatient services for people with severe mental illness who live in the Washington Heights and Inwood communities in northern Manhattan. WHCS consists of a 22-bed inpatient unit and four certified outpatient programs. All services are available in Spanish and English. There is no waiting list. Outpatient services include:
· Individual, group, and family treatment · Medication management · Day programming, including lunch and transportation reimbursement · Licensed client work-for-pay programs · Help with entitlements · Consultation with other agencies, residential facilities, and other care providers
Eligibility 1. Client must be 18 years of age or older 2. Client must be a Washington Heights/Inwood resident living north of 155th Street and south of 225th Street.
Financial Client services and medication are available to all eligible clients regardless of ability to pay.
Referral Procedure Inpatient referrals are made through the Presbyterian Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room. If you live between 155th Street and 181st Street, call the Audubon Avenue Clinic at 928-8300. If you live between 181st Street and 225th Street, call the Inwood Mental Health Center at 942-8500. Ask for the intake worker. |
