Historic Louisiana

DePaul is a place to grow in body and
spirit. Spacious courtyards and red-bricked
grounds accentuate an “Old World” feeling.
Patient treatment includes art therapy;
ceramics; movement and dance; and
recreational, leisure, and vocational therapies.
Patients can also take advantage of an indoor
gym, Olympic-size swimming pool and other
outdoor facilities.
Treatment teams consist of nurses,
psychiatric technicians, teachers, physicians,
psychologists, social workers, creative art
therapists, all of whom rely on a host of other
support personnel. Realizing how difficult it
can be to ask for help, the staff works
consistently to be courteous and sensitive.
The admission and assessment center makes
calling for help as stress-free as possible for
those who need assistance. Admissions can be
made by adult or child psychiatrists, or
through referrals by family physicians,
psychologists, social workers, school
counselors, EAP specialists, ministers, agencies
or caring individuals.
Dedicated to training the mental health
professionals of tomorrow, hundreds of
internships, residencies or practicums are served
in DePaul units each year. Tulane Child
Psychiatry Fellows and Adult Psychiatry
Residents take rotations at DePaul, as do nursing
students from several universities and programs,
such as LSU, Charity, Dillard and William Carey
College. Social work interns rotate from other
universities, including Loyola, Holy Cross
College, UNO, Xavier, and Southern.
Workshops, community breakfasts, and
school lectures show the responsibility
DePaul has always shown to educate the
public about mental health.
DePaul is fully accredited by the Joint
Commission of Accreditation of Health Care
Organizations, and has received accreditation
under both AMH and Consolidated standards.
DePaul is also licensed by the State of
Louisiana, is approved to care for CHAMPUS
and Medicare patients, and is the only
CHAMPUS-approved residential facility in
Louisiana and Mississippi. HCA is a modern
pioneer in American health care. DePaul is
proud to be a part of HCA and shares its
commitment to a quality of care unparalleled
in medicine. Treatment cost is covered by most
health care insurances.
DePaul’s staff has witnessed the rebirth
of thousands of patients. Although this
process does not occur overnight, the staff
of DePaul • Tulane Behavioral Health Center
strives to bring lasting success to the lives of
patients and their families.
For more than 140 years, DePaul has
been making tomorrows better for those who
seek help.
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Above: A Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent
de Paul is celebrated for her war relief work.
Below: A large group of sisters from around
the U.S. and Latin America join Sister
Anne, DePaul Hospital’s administrator, for a
sightseeing trip of the New Orleans harbor.
SHARING THE HERITAGE
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