BJC Behavioral Health offers an array of ways to assist you in accessing the service that fit your needs. Some of these are listed below.
Behavioral Health Integration - The Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) virtual service which includes Behavioral Health Navigators and Qualified Mental Health Professionals (QMHPs) serves as the front door for telepsychiatry consultations in 13 hospitals across BJC. Telepsychiatry was added to the BHI service in October 2022.
QMHPs are licensed staff that have a mental health background in crisis assessments. They can determine the level of care for a patient in crisis. They are registered nurses with at least 3-4 years of psychiatric experience, social workers, and counselors. They provide comprehensive virtual assessments, communicate with hospital treatment teams, patients’ guardians and/or support system, when appropriate. They make recommendations for level of care, provides resources and safety plans with patients.
Telepsychiatry provides consultation, recommends level of care, medication adjustments and/or starting patients on medications. Telepsychiatry communicates with the QMHP and ordering provider their recommended level of care.
Behavioral Health Navigators triage orders for QMHP, help find inpatient psychiatric placement, and provide connection or re-connection to their community providers.
BHI is in the following hospital emergency departments 24/7 and inpatient floors 7 days a week 7am - 9pm:
- Alton Memorial Hospital
- Barnes Jewish St. Peters
- Barnes Jewish West County
- Christian Hospital
- Memorial Hospital Belleville
- Memorial Hospital Shiloh
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center
- Missouri Baptist Hospital Sullivan
- Northwest Healthcare
- Parkland Hospital
- Parkland Hospital Bonne Terre
- Progress West Health Center
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital (emergency department only)
Call Center Access Crisis Intervention (ACI) accredited. We welcome you to call us for resources or information on the services on services provided.
Behavioral Health Urgent Care located on the SSM/DePaul Campus.
BJC BH partners with SSM DePaul to provide an urgent care/walk in clinic serving youth and adults. This approach is a change to how behavioral health care is provided as opposed to going to an ED.
Hours of operation: 9am to 8 pm
Monday through Saturday, closed on Sunday
Address: 12303 DePaul Drive St. Louis, Mo 63044
Phone: 314-344-7200
Outreach Programs:
- Adult Emergency Room Enhancement Program (ERE) and Hospital Community Liaison (HCL) working in 9 Hospitals Emergency Departments taking referrals for those in Crisis. HCL works in 7 hospitals receiving referrals for inpatient units for those needing outpatient mental health services.
- Community Behavioral Health Liaisons (CBHL) who work with Law Enforcement, jails, courts, hospitals
- Shelter Outreach Services (PATH) homeless outreach for those hard to engage individuals in our community. BJC Behavioral Health’s Shelter Outreach team is a member of the St. Louis City Continuum of Care, and is supported by state and federal PATH funds. As a member of the Continuum of Care and PATH provider, Shelter Outreach participates in HMIS, whose Privacy and Security Notice is available here.
- Disease Management 3700 (DM3700) receives referrals from the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for those who have a mental health diagnosis and medical issues. The goal is to outreach those referrals to get them services.
Therapy Services: Offered to those needing therapy only or in services with us and needing an evidence-based therapy. Services are for both adult and youth. Offered are Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for both adult and youth, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Informed Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and others.
Deaf Services: Mental health case management, counseling services including dialectical behavior therapy, DBT and tele counseling for adult and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Accepted are those in the eastern region, including St. Louis City and County, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln Warren and St. Charles Counties. Tele counseling is offered to all Missouri residents.
Community Services: for those engage in one of BJC BH services we provide entitlement consultation and assistance in signing up. We provide employment specialist who assist those in services with us in searching for a job.
Healthcare Homes
A Healthcare Home is a “whole person” approach of delivering health care and education, which includes managing a full array of physical and behavioral health needs as well as long-term community care services and supports. Healthcare Home focuses on wellness and prevention of illness and disease while enabling our clients to focus on their health potential. This team approach, with the Healthcare Home Nurse, has been shown to improve chronic health conditions and wellness.
For additional information visit the Missouri Department of Mental Health website.
Clinic Nursing Department
BJC Behavioral Nurses work collaboratively with all departments to promote your health and wellness on your mental health journey. Our clients have an array of services available at all 4 locations. Nursing provides ordered psychiatric injections, ordered labs by BJC Behavioral Health Providers, Prior Authorizations for Psychiatric medications, assisting with psychiatric medication refills.