The New York State Psychiatric Institute has three inpatient units, two of which are dedicated to providing care in the context of research studies (4 Center and 5 South), and one of which provides clinical care to upper Manhattan Residents (WHCS Inpatient Unit, 4 South).
INPATIENT RESEARCH UNITS
4 Center and 5 South, provide treatment for patients who volunteer to become research subjects. Our philosophy is to make volunteering for research a rewarding experience on the path to recovery from illness. We are dedicated to providing each subject with the best possible clinical treatment before they leave us.
Our current inpatient research programs study individuals with depression, suicidality, eating disorders, schizophrenia, or substance use disorders including tobacco, opiates and cocaine.
Upon admission, everyone receives a thorough diagnostic evaluation of psychiatric and medical condition, and is then entered into a research program if that is deemed to be safe and appropriate. 4 Center has 12 beds, and 5 South has 24 beds. There are never any charges to individuals or to their insurance for the research or clinical phases of the hospital stay on the two research units, though there may be charges to insurance, if it is available, for general medical tests or consultation by other medical specialists that are not part of the research.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SERVICE INPATIENT UNIT
The WHCS Inpatient Unit is a clinical unit which has 22 beds and is located on 4 South at NYSPI. It is part of the Washington Heights Community Service of New York State Psychiatric Institute, which provides inpatient and outpatient services for people with severe mental illness who live in the Washington Heights and Inwood communities in northern Manhattan. All services are available in Spanish and English. Please see the WHCS website for more information.
OUR FACILITY
Our inpatient units at NYSPI feature a mix of comfortably furnished double and single rooms. There are offices for individual meetings with doctors and other clinicians, and ample, sunny common rooms for group activities and therapeutic programs, dining, recreation and relaxation. The staff on each unit includes psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational and recreational therapists, and other specialized clinicians for particular research and treatment programs. Senior faculty members who are experts in a variety of psychiatric disorders participate in the treatment of patients. Care of general medical problems is provided by faculty in all specialties from the Columbia University Medical Center.