Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital

Recovery Brands, LLC

📍 1940 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405

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4.0 ★★★★☆ Historical rating · 1 reviews via Recovery Brands
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<p><strong>ABOUT EMERALD COAST BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL</strong></p> <p>Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital, located in Panama City, Fla., is a psychiatric hospital. The facility provides mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults. It works to treat addiction and <a href="https://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring mental health disorders</a>.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Emerald Coast has four outpatient centers, which offer individualized, specific treatment goals for each patient. One of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL16.pdf" target="_blank">556 outpatient centers and 181 partial hospital programs</a> in Florida, Emerald Coast offers the full continuum of substance abuse and behavioral services. Its staff uses evidence based treatment, including <strong>Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) strategies, and Prolonged Exposure (PE)</strong>.</p> <p>Treatment includes medication management, individual, group and family therapy, expressive therapy, art and music therapy, recreational therapy, and yoga therapy, and classes on coping skills. It also has <strong>medical detoxification, rehabilitation, 12-Step Recovery based programming</strong>, relapse risk and prevention education, and alcoholics Anonymous. </p> <p>The center also offers services to military veterans and service members, one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL16.pdf" target="_blank">172 Florida facilities to offer such services</a>.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Emerald Coast has a full staff of certified mental health professionals, including psychologists and master’s-level counselors.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p><strong>86-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital and outpatient center</strong>. Emerald Coast also has a half court gymnasium and large interior courtyard. Smoking privileges are also allowed during specified times.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>To date, one alum submitted a review to Rehabs.com. The alum, who gave gave stars across a number of areas did not like the amenities. The alum mentioned the dual treatment multiple times in commenting.</p> <p>“They were very professional and treated me like a human being,” the alum wrote. “They have the mental health patients and alcohol and drug addicts patient in the same wing together.”</p> <p>On Google, 30 reviewers rated the facility three stars.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> Those who gave high marks wrote that the staff was caring and therapies were effective. One wrote, “Their Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness approach has helped many recovering individuals, including veterans and adolescents. It is well-staffed with professionals who genuinely wish success for their patients. Both in- and out-patient programs are available.”</p> <p>Another, negative reviewer, wrote, “I went in for help and they turned me away after wasting my time and effort.”</p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>To date, no staff have left reviews on Rehabs.com.</p> <p>On Indeed, 18 staff members rated the facility 4.1 stars.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> The employees praised work-life balance and pay.</p> <p>One wrote, “This is the 1st place in a long time, I enjoy coming to work at. It is a place where you are encouraged to have a true work/life balance.” Another wrote, “I have been a nurse for 18 years and this is by far the best job I have ever had.”</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Emerald Coast is TRICARE Certified, and it accepts private insurance, <strong>Medicare, and Managed Medicaid</strong>. It is among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL16.pdf" target="_blank">22 percent of Florida facilities to accepted Medicare</a>.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=emerald%20coast%20behavioral%20hospital&oq=emerald+coast+beh&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j69i60l3j0.5984j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=30326781,-86134003,48276&tbm=lcl&rldimm=13618646740399004586&lqi=CiFlbWVyYWxkIGNvYXN0IGJlaGF2aW9yYWwgaG9zcGl0YWwiA4gBAQ&ved=2ahUKEwjomNeZ7_TcAhXpRd8KHffqDTYQvS4wCHoECAAQDw&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:4&rlst=f" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Emerald-Coast-Behavioral-Hospital/reviews" target="_blank">IndeedReviews</a></small></p>

— Sarah Sicard · 2018-08-20 08:55:00 PDT

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