Ellis Hospital Mental Health Clinic

Continuing Day Treatment

216 Lafayette Street

Schenectady, NY 12305

Main Tel: 518-243-3300

Intake Tel 1: 518-243-3300-1

Intake Tel 2: 518-243-3300-2

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65 or older)
  • Young adults
Ancillary Services
  • Case management
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Education services
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Intensive case management
  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
  • Consumer-run (peer-support) services
  • Supported employment
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Tobacco cessation counselling
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Crisis intervention team
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • County or local government funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mental Health Treatment Services
Payment Assistance Available
  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Outpatient mental health facility
  • Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Active duty military
  • Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system (other than DUI/DWI)
  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Military families
  • Persons with eating disorders
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Transitional age young adults
  • Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Veterans
Language Services
  • Spanish
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking Not allowed
Treatment Approaches
  • Activity therapy
  • Behavior modification
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Couple/family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated dual disorders treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Trauma therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment