Mary Ann Walsh-Tozer, CSW
Commissioner of Mental Health
Building F, Sanatorium Road
Pomona, New York 10970
(845) 364-2378
Fax (845) 364-2381
Email:
RCDMH@co.rockland.ny.us

What Services Do We Offer?
Rockland County mental hygiene services are diversified and far-reaching.  They represent the efforts of many people from county and state governments and the private and voluntary sectors of our community.  Consumers and their families are an integral part of the planning and evaluation process as well.  The quality of these programs is recognized statewide and the services of this department are lauded as some of the finest, most comprehensive array available to those in need. 

Overview
The Rockland County Department of Mental Health is a community mental health center funded by State and County government.  The Department delivers a comprehensive array of mental health services to the citizens of Rockland County.  Services are available to anyone in need on a 24-hour basis and are coordinated with other mental health, health and social service agencies as required.

 Since commencement of operation on January 1, 1970, the Department of Mental Health quickly achieved a unique status within the State of New York mental hygiene service system and has earned national reputation.  Since 1975, the Department of Mental Health has participated in a select planning-funding mechanism with the State of New York known as Unified Services.  The Department is the core and lead agency of the Rockland County Unified Services system.  As such, the Department is responsible for the planning, coordination, administration and budgetary oversight of a comprehensive and integrated system in which County, State and voluntary not-for-profit agencies deliver mental health, mental retardation and alcohol/substance abuse services.  Rockland County Unified Services received a Significant Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1983 in recognition of its comprehensive service system, and shared the 1985 APA Gold Award for its contribution to treatment of young adult chronic psychiatric patients. 

The towns and villages of Rockland County have not experienced the problems with the mentally ill and homeless mentally ill as has occurred in other parts of the State and nation.  This is due, in large part, to the comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient, residential and community support services offered by the Department and other Unified Services agencies.  These services provide the ongoing treatment and supports necessary to keep these individuals psychiatrically stable and help them function in the community.

Pomona Clinic
North Rockland Clinic

Outpatient clinics offer primarily short-term and problem-focused treatment through individual, family and group therapy , medication and monitoring. 

Child & Adolescent
Services

Child and Adolescent Clinic 

Offers evaluation and a range of treatments for young people 5 to 18 years old and their families.

The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) 

Is an outpatient program that provides treatment to stabilize acute symptoms of mental/emotional disorder and can serve as an alternate to psychiatric hospitalization.

Community Support Center 

Is an outpatient program that provides psychiatric rehabilitation and treatment for adults who have a mental illness, or a serious emotional problem.

Transitional Case Management
Supportive Case Management
Intensive Case Management 

Provides community-based support, advocacy, monitoring, linkage and coordination of treatment and other services to people with extensive and ongoing needs. 

Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

A 43-bed hospital designed for short-stay crisis stabilization for people in an acute episode of mental illness or life crisis. 

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES 

Methadone Treatment Program

 Provides medication and treatment to heroin/opiate-addicted persons and their families.