Additional Programs

Finding the services you need for your child and family can sometimes be a challenge. In an effort to assist our community, the Samaritan Center Intensive Youth Services program offers the System of Care program to help access services for area youth and their families. The State of Indiana's Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) has created System of Care, a program to ensure that Indiana citizens have access to quality mental health and addiction services that promote individual, family and community resiliency and recovery.
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The System of Care Coordinator focuses on building relationships, connecting caregivers and building alliances so that people who need help can access a coordinated network of services. As personal advocates, they want to make sure people receive seamless, compassionate care.

For more information on System of Care in Knox, Daviess, Martin and Pike counties, please contact Ashley at (812) 885-2720.

Samaritan Center is the Authorized Access Site for Wraparound for Knox, Daviess, Martin and Pike counties in Indiana. Wraparound is an approach to care planning that builds on the team work of a committed group of family, friends, community, and professionals using resources and talents from different areas that creates a plan of care that is best for the family and its goals. To learn more about the Wraparound Access Site at the Samaritan Center, click here. You can also contact our Wraparound Facilitator and Access Site Supervisor, Dawn Stroud, by email at dstroud@gshvin.org or by phone at (812) 885-2720.

The Samaritan Center Intensive Youth Services offers Child Safety Seat Inspection. Parents can make an appointment to have their current car seat inspected by one of our certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPST).

Why should you have your child’s care seat checked? Statistics show that 3 out of 4 car seats are installed incorrectly and that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children.

Our technicians will assess how your child fits in their car seat, check their car seat for any recalls, and ensure the seat is properly installed into the vehicle.

To schedule an appointment with our Child Passenger Safety Technician contact the Samaritan Center Intensive Youth Services at 812.885.2720.

On appointment day you will need to bring with you the following:

• Your child
• Your child’s current car seat
• Car seat instruction manual
• Vehicle that is used most to transport the child
• That vehicle’s instruction manual

Samaritan Center offers inpatient and outpatient Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). ECT treatment is based on our psychiatrist’s thorough assessment of the patient and the severity of the patient’s illness, medical indications and contradictions as well as non-responsiveness to previous treatments. ECT treatment provides psychiatric care for patients that have been unsuccessful in standard treatment modalities. ECT treatment can be provided as an inpatient or an outpatient service based on the patient’s needs.

Treatment Services Include:

• Medical assessment to determine patient’s ability to participate in the program and determine specific patient needs
• Education concerning ECT treatment and recovery after treatment
• Family involvement in the treatment and recovery process
• Patient will be continuously monitored by a team of trained medical staff during treatment
• Treatment can be administered as outpatient or inpatient level of care
• This program is for adults only (ages 18 and up)

For more information regarding Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) please contact Dr. Oriaifo and his staff at 812.886.6800.

Samaritan Center offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy. TMS is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. TMS is typically used when other depression treatments haven’t been effective. This treatment involves repetitive magnetic pulses and is sometimes called repetitive TMS.

During treatment a marker is placed near your forehead and the electromagnet painlessly delivers a magnetic pulse that stimulates nerves in the area of the brain that controls moods and depression. It stimulates the area of the brain with decreased activity which seems to ease depression symptoms and improve patient’s moods.

Depression is a treatable condition, but for some people, standard treatments aren’t effective. Repetitive TMS is used when traditional treatments like medications and talk therapy (psychotherapy) are not effective.

TMS does not require surgery or implantation of electrodes therefore it doesn’t cause seizures or require sedation or anesthesia. Generally, TMS is considered safe and well-tolerated but may have some side effects. Those include headache, discomfort at the site of treatment, tingling or spasms of facial muscles and lightheadedness. Most symptoms subside quickly.

Treatment Services Include:

• Education concerning TMS treatment and recovery post visit.
• Family involvement in the treatment and recovery process.
• Each patient MUST receive medical clearance prior to TMS treatment.
• Patient will receive an assessment to determine individualized patient needs.
• TMS treatment is provided as an outpatient procedure for the mentally ill adult (age 18 and older).
• Patient will be continuously monitored by a team of trained medical staff during treatment.

For more information regarding Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (TMS) please contact Dr. Oriaifo and his staff at 812.886.6800.

The Gathering Place provides a place for adults with disabilities to strive to reach their fullest potential in the community, while providing a non-judgmental and open-minded environment for all to attend. The goal of The Gathering Place is to help build a participant's self-esteem, help them take responsibility for themselves, teach them to identify any symptoms they might be having and to seek assistance when needed.

To achieve these goals, the program provides skill building techniques including social skills, coping skills, anger management, medication management and independent living skills.