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The Oaks Behavioral Health Hospital

2131 S. 17th Street    Wilmington, NC 28401   910-343-7787 or 1-800-622-6257

A 62-bed psychiatric hospital on the New Hanover Regional Medical Center campus, The Oaks provides inpatient and outpatient psychiatric programs for adults.  The Oaks staff is specially trained to evaluate and treat patients for depressions, adjustment disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychotic and personality disorders. The Oaks is licensed and accredited by the Joint Comission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Inpatient units include:

Dual-Diagnosis Unit (10 beds): The unit offers treatment for those who have problems with chemical addiction, in addition to affective disorders and/or other psychiatric needs.
 
Behavioral Medicine Unit (30 beds): The program offers structured treatment in a secure and safe environment for a broad range of psychiatric disorders.
 
Progressive Treatment Unit (22 beds): This unit offers treatment for those who are experiencing acute crisis and issues of affective disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.

Other mental health services include:

Triage and screening services: Assessments are done to determine the need of mental health services.
 
ECT: For patients who fail to respond to other treatment and may benefit from this treatment.
 
Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient services: 20-hour/week program where patients receive treatment during the day and return home for evenings and weekends.



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