Kern Medical - Psychiatric Hospital in Bakersfield, CA

Kern Medical is a samhsa-listed psychiatric hospital in Bakersfield, CA (93306). 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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How to verify Kern Medical

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Ownership & operation

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
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Clozapine
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Lurasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Paliperidone
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Thioridazine
• Ziprasidone

Treatment approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

Assessment & testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Screening for tobacco use

Education & counseling

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Ancillary & recovery services

• Assertive community treatment
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Crisis intervention team
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Intensive case management
• Suicide prevention services

Special programs & populations

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Members of military families
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans
• Young adults

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• County or local government funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Age groups served

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility type & operation

• Local, county, or community government
• Separate inpatient psychiatric unit of a general hospital

About psychiatric hospitals in Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, the Kern County psychiatric hospitals list, or all care types in Bakersfield.

For context, this directory lists 2 psychiatric hospitals in Bakersfield; 2 in ZIP 93306.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 93306 · Psychiatric Hospitals in ZIP 93306

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record e2e6a8ce0f843caf). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.