Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Behavioral Health Clinic Hours:  Mon-Fri 0730-1630

After Hour Emergency Services are available through the Emergency Room

Psychiatry

Services available include examination, diagnosis and treatment services to patients requiring psychiatric treatment on an outpatient basis. A full range of psychiatric services is available including psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Modalities of administration are individual. 

Psychology

Services available include general mental health evaluation, military/fitness and suitability, individual therapy, neuropsychological evaluations, health psychology services, stress management, treatment for depression and anxiety and post-deployment services.

How to schedule an appointment?

Referral from PCM- If you receive a consult from your PCM you can simply stop by the clinic or call for an appointment with a provider.
Self-Referral- If you are a self-referral you can stop by the clinic and an initial appointment can be scheduled.

Internal Behavioral Health Consultant Service

The Internal Behavioral Health Consultation Service offers assistance when habits, behaviors, stress, worry, or emotional concerns about physical or other life problems are interfering with someone’s daily life and/or overall health.

The Internal Behavioral Health Consultant (IBHC) works with your Primary Care Manager (PCM) to evaluate the mind-body-behavior connection and provide brief, solution-focused interventions in 15-25 minute visits typically.    

The IBHC has specialty training in the behavioral management of health problems.  Together, the IBHC and your PCM can consider all of the physical, behavioral, and emotional aspects of your health concern and help you determine a course of action that will work best for you.

Are you eligible to receive these services?

The service is available to all patients within the U.S. Naval Hospital Rota as a part of good overall health care.

If you are interested in scheduling an appointment with an IBHC, please discuss this with your PCM.

Types of health concerns that we see

The IBHC can help you reduce symptoms associated with various chronic medical conditions or help you cope better with these conditions. A few of these are:

• Headaches

• Diabetes

• Sleep

• Obesity

• High Blood Pressure

• Asthma

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Chronic Pain

The IBHC can help you and your PCM develop behavioral change plans for weight loss, exercise or other lifestyle modifications.

The IBHC can also help you and your PCM develop skills to effectively manage emotional or behavioral difficulties such as:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Stress

• Anger

• Family Problems

• Bereavement

• Relationship Problems

• Tobacco Cessation

What you can expect when you see the IBHC?

Expect the IBHC to ask you specific questions about your physical symptoms, any emotional concerns you are experiencing, your behaviors, and how all of these might be related.  You can expect your appointments to be no longer than 30 minutes, in general, and for the IBHC to provide brief, solution-focused assessment and treatment.  You can also expect to be seen in this clinic and for the IBHC to have a close working relationship with your PCM.

Remember: You AND your PCM remain in charge of your health care – the IBHC’s primary job is to help you and your PCM develop and implement the best integrated health care plan for YOU!

Documentation of your assessment and recommendations from the IBHC will be written in your medical record.  A separate mental health record will not be kept when you see the IBHC.

Communications with your IBHC may not be entirely confidential.  Your IBHC will make every effort to protect your privacy.  But, like all providers, they must report information from any active duty patient that could have a negative impact on our mission.

You will be seen in the U.S. Naval Hospital Rota Medical Home Port. The IBHC will not provide traditional psychotherapy.  If you request, or the IBHC thinks you would benefit from specialty mental health services, the IBHC will recommend that you and your PCM consider specialty mental health services and complete a referral.