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 At Rye Hospital:
The suburban setting on a small private estate in Westchester County provides a quiet, comfortable environment where — through close interaction with staff and other patients — patients can be helped, and can help themselves, toward recovery.

 With the 2004 closing of Cornell's New York-United Hospital Medical Center's psychiatric unit, in Port Chester, NY, Rye Hospital Center remains as the only fully accredited inpatient psychiatric facility on the Long Island Sound Shore between Connecticut and New York City.

 Enhancing the Patient's Experience:

The Rye Hospital Center's mission is to empower persons with disorders--physical and emotional--to function at an optimum level and to better adapt to the daily demands of society.

 The Center's patient population consists of males and females, in early adolescence through geriatrics, whose primary diagnosis is psychiatric, although "dual focus" treatment for co-morbid medical disorders is available.

 Patients are treated for depression, anxiety and stress, which accompany chronic benign pain such as migraines or other headaches and persistent medical illnesses like coronary disease and eating disorders.

Issues we address range from substance abuse and prescribed medication overuse to physical and mental handicaps. The hospital has no intimidating locked doors. Nobody wears a uniform.

The program and its setting enhances outdoor activities –– sports, gardening and recreational therapy. Patients have ready access to the hospital’s own spa, the City of Rye’s swimming pool, library and “Y.” This extends the therapeutic environment to the outside community, helps eradicate stigma, and enhances the patient’s hospital experience.

Psychotherapeutic sessions are supplemented with occupational, recreational, art, writing workshop and physical activities (a sauna and hot tub complete the picture).

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Rye's Population Changes With the Times.

Rye has adapted its population to regularly reflect societal needs. Since its inception in 1971, the Hospital has accepted patients of all ages, and integrated them into its Therapeutic Milieu.

Accepted over decades of surveys by state and federal regulators, Rye's philosophy of treatment has led the way for successful transition for patients back to their communities. (See "Transition-Age Youth Services" [opposite column].)

Associate Supreme Court Justice Breyer says: "The opinion of a responsible treating physician in determining the appropriate conditions for treatment ought to be given the greatest of deference."(click here and see: OLMSTEAD V.  L. C. )

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Rye Hospital Center receives another recertification! . . . On April 1, 2008, the New York Sate Office of Mental Health reissued to Rye Hospital Center its more-than 37th year of certification to admit patients in need. This follows the federal government and the Joint Commission's findings of Rye's competence as a mental-healthcare provider hospital (see other findings below).

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Moitri Datta,MD  --Rye's Director of Transition-Age Youth Services (click): "Integrated Care" says U.S. Supreme Court. The federal government defines: Mentoring for Transition-Age Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities: "Youth or Young adults with [physical or mental] disabilities means individuals with disabilities who are between the ages of 16 and 26.": 34 CFR § 373.4 [(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 723(a)). Thus, while for purposes of "abuse," a "child" must be under 18, for purposes of help, rehabilitation or federal medical assistance (Medicaid) a "child" is defined as under the age of 22. (42 USC § 1396a)].  

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EDUCATION OF YOUTH AT RYE HOSPITAL CENTER: 20 USC § 1401 (34) Transition services:  The term “transition services” means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(A) is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation;

(B) is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests; and

(C) includes instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives, and, when appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation.

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Late News!
FDA focuses on "Off-Label" use of medication: Revealed in the latest FDA/ Johnson and Johnson warning about dangerous cardiotoxic effects of the neuroleptic tranquilizer Haldol, is the acknowledgement of its use, "off-label," when injected intravenously.

This marks an important moment in psychoactive-drug protection of the public by the government, since "off-label" uses of medication have long been subtly promoted by pharmaceutical companies to medical professionals to stimulate sales, when not backed by properly conducted and approved safety research.

The FDA September 2007 warning stated: "Although injectable haloperidol is only approved by the FDA for intramuscular injection, there is considerable evidence that the intravenous administration of haloperidol is a relatively common off-label clinical practice."

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        "Jonathan's Law"
(Chapter 24 of the Laws of 2007-NY) was signed into law on May 5, 2007. The new law makes changes in the way certain notifications are made and information is shared, regarding incidents involving the health and safety of patients, as well as allegations of abuse in mental hygiene facilities.
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Most recent "unannounced survey" results by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 3/07/07:  They said:. . . it is not the medical record, the staff or the plant--it is the treatment of the patient that shows through. . .World-class treatment!"  ENTER

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 Latest Joint Commission Accreditation Decision (based on an unannounced survey: "Full Standards Compliance."  02/10/2007.

 New York's Commission on Quality of Care & Office of Mental Health Evaluates Private Psychiatric Hospitals (from the most recent report of its kind)

  . . . and from the Office of the Surgeon General (the first-ever and still only-) comprehensive report on mental health in the U.S. . .

Center for Disease Control/JCAHO Infection Control Link (see "Infection Control Guidelines)

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Public Health Advisory - FDA - Combined Use of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor Agonists (Triptans), Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) or Selective Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) May Result in Life-threatening Serotonin Syndrome

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