WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital - Psychiatric Hospital in Ephrata, PA

WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital is a samhsa-listed psychiatric hospital in Ephrata, PA (17522). 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 WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

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Ownership & operation

Legal name: Behavioral Health Unit. Ownership type: non-profit. Facility type: Psychiatric 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
• Asenapine
• Brexpiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Clozapine
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Loxapine
• Lurasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Perphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Thioridazine

Treatment approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Assessment & testing

• HIV testing
• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Screening for tobacco use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Education & counseling

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Ancillary & recovery services

• Crisis intervention team
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Suicide prevention services

Special programs & populations

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Seniors or older adults

Payment, insurance & assistance

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

Age groups served

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility type & operation

• Private non-profit organization
• Psychiatric hospital

About psychiatric hospitals in Ephrata

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 Ephrata, the Lancaster County psychiatric hospitals list, or all care types in Ephrata.

For context, this directory lists 1 in ZIP 17522.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 17522 · Psychiatric Hospitals in ZIP 17522

Nearest psychiatric hospitals by distance

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Key facts

Frequently asked questions

Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record cce066494e0c84d9). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.