Behavioral Health Services

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Resolving mental and emotional health challenges requires special care. At Davis Regional Medical Center, we focus on helping individuals achieve optimal mental health in a professional, caring environment. We offer a range of services for adults, including diagnostic evaluation, crisis stabilization and treatment. Our behavioral health team provides care for a wide range of mental and emotional challenges, from depression and severe mood swings to dementia and acute mental illness.

We offer individualized care in a safe, supportive environment, and develop treatment plans to meet the unique needs of each person. Our inpatient care services are designed to help individuals work through acute mental challenges and resume daily functioning.

Traditions Behavioral Health Unit's program features:

• 12-bed inpatient unit at Davis Regional Medical Center
• Voluntary and involuntary treatment for patients 55 years and older
• Short-term unit with average length of stay of 7-10 days
• Individually tailored treatment for stabilization of acute psychiatric and behavioral symptoms and crises via individual and group therapy
• Seven day per week multi-disciplinary team assessment and treatment consultation, with support from medical staff, as needed

Our multidisciplinary team provides stabilization, evaluation, planning and treatment services in a safe, secure environment. Trained behavioral health professionals address the mental, emotional and physical needs of patients, and help patients learn coping skills to manage their condition effectively. We develop a customized treatment method for each individual that draws from a variety of services and therapies, including:

• Crisis intervention
• Evaluation of disturbed behaviors, thoughts, mental status
• Stabilization of deteriorating psychosocial function
• Protection from self harm
• Medication support services
• Triage to levels of psychiatric care, when appropriate
• Discharge planning and referral for continuation of care and full re-integration to home or community

The years over fifty-five may bring the most stressful changes of a person's life. It's not surprising that many aging adults find these years to be less than they had hoped for. The emotions and stresses associated with retirement, changes in finances, loss of loved ones, loneliness and even the physical changes associated with growing older can become overwhelming. We can help if you or a loved one struggles with any of the following:

• Acute and chronic depressive illnesses
• Suicide risks
• Severe anxiety, stress-related problems
• Delusions
• Social withdrawal
• Sudden and unexplained changes in behavior
• Dementia with concurrent psychiatric problems

For a listing of current and local resources, click here to access the Iredell County Substance Use Resource Guide provided by the Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell.

For more information and to make a referral please contact our intake coordinator at (704) 978-1530 or (704) 838-7554. You may fax a clinical referral to (704) 838-7267.