Kern Linkage/North Chester Center Adult Outpatient – Bakersfield

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in Bakersfield.

• Mental Health Rehab Center
• Treatment for Co-occuring Disorders Such as Substance Abuse

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center is run by a Regional/district or county, local, or municipal government.

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center provides treatment in the following settings.

• Outpatient mental health rehabiliation

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Trauma therapy

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®)
• Fluphenazine (Prolixin®)
• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Perphenazine (Trilafon/Etrafon/Triavil/Triptafen®)
• Thiothixene (Navane®)
• Aripiprazole (Abilify®) 
• Clozapine (Clozaril®) 
• Lurasidone (Latuda®) 
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) 
• Paliperidone (Invega Trinza®) 
• Quetiapine (Seroquel®) 
• Risperidone (Risperdal®)
• Ziprasidone (Geodon®) 

Information regarding payment(s) accepted at Kern Linkage/North Chester Center and possible financial assistance.

• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Federal Grants
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Other State Funds
• Private Insurance
• State Correction or Juvenile Justice Funds
• Cash or Self Payment
• State-Financed Healthcare Plan Other Than Medicaid
• State Mental Health Agency Funds

Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at Kern Linkage/North Chester Center.

• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.

• There is no information provided regarding screening at Kern Linkage/North Chester Center

Kern Linkage/North Chester Center provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.

• Case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care services
• Legal advocacy
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services