UAB Medical West - Psychiatric Hospital in Bessemer, AL
UAB Medical West is a samhsa-listed psychiatric hospital in Bessemer, AL (35022). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.
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Contact details
Telephone: 205-481-7500
Street address: 5000 Medical West Way, Bessemer, AL 35022
County: Jefferson County
How to verify UAB Medical West
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Ownership & operation
Legal name: An Affiliate of the UAB Health System. Ownership type: government. Facility type: Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital. Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.
Levels of care & settings
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Mental health treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults
Medications & pharmacotherapies
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Aripiprazole
- Chlorpromazine
- Clozapine
- Droperidol
- Fluphenazine
- Haloperidol
- Lurasidone
- Olanzapine
- Paliperidone
- Perphenazine
- Pimozide
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
- Thiothixene
- Ziprasidone
Treatment approaches
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Activity therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
Ancillary & recovery services
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Crisis intervention team
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Integrated primary care services
- Psychiatric emergency onsite services
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Special programs & populations
- Seniors or older adults
Payment, insurance & assistance
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- U.S. Department of VA funds
Age groups served
- Seniors
Facility type & operation
- Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital
- State government
About psychiatric hospitals in Bessemer
Psychiatric hospitals provide acute inpatient mental health and substance use treatment with 24-hour clinical supervision. They serve people who need a secure, medically monitored setting, including those at risk of harm to themselves or others. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.
Ask about admission criteria, staffing and psychiatrist coverage, safety and visitation policies, how discharge and follow-up care are arranged, and what insurance or payment is accepted. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Psychiatric Hospitals directory for Bessemer, the Jefferson County psychiatric hospitals list, or all care types in Bessemer.
For context, this directory lists 5 across Jefferson County; 1 in ZIP 35022.
ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 35022 · Psychiatric Hospitals in ZIP 35022
Nearest psychiatric hospitals by distance
Straight-line distances estimated from ZIP-centroid coordinates, not driving distance. Confirm a facility's location directly.
Key facts
| Care type | Psychiatric Hospital |
|---|---|
| Ownership | government |
| Facility type | Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital |
| Medications for opioid use disorder | Yes |
| Treats co-occurring disorders | Yes |
| Detox/withdrawal management | No |
| Source record ID | ed030fed7fd7c2b7 |
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Data provenance
Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record ed030fed7fd7c2b7). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.
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