Kern Medical – Bakersfield

Kern Medical provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in Bakersfield.

• Mental Health Rehabilitation
• Provides Addiction Treatment

Kern Medical is run by a Regional/district or county, local, or municipal government.

Kern Medical provides treatment in the following settings.

• Hospital inpatient mental health treatment

Kern Medical provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Kern Medical utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Trauma therapy

Kern Medical utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®)
• Fluphenazine (Prolixin®)
• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Aripiprazole (Abilify®) 
• Asenapine (Saphris/Sycrest®) 
• Clozapine (Clozaril®) 
• Lurasidone (Latuda®) 
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) 
• Paliperidone (Invega Trinza®) 
• Quetiapine (Seroquel®) 
• Risperidone (Risperdal®)
• Ziprasidone (Geodon®) 

Information regarding payment(s) accepted at Kern Medical and possible financial assistance.

• Federal Grants
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Military Insurance
• Private Insurance
• State Correction or Juvenile Justice Funds
• State-Financed Healthcare Plan Other Than Medicaid
• State Mental Health Agency Funds
• State Welfare or Child and Family Service Funds
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at Kern Medical.

• Transitional age young adults
• Veterans
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)

Kern Medical offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.

• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• TB Screening

Kern Medical provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.

• Case management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services