Department of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (Roanoke Valley)

This subspecialty department delivers inpatient care in a secure setting for adults experiencing mental, behavioral and emotional difficulties.

About

Program Overview

For individuals who are in crisis, or who may be at risk of harming themselves or others, our Roanoke location has 36 adult beds and 14 child and adolescent beds. The goal of our adult inpatient psychiatric program is to keep people safe in a healing environment. Treatment plans are highly individualized developed in collaboration with the patient. Our goal is to collaborate with the patient to get them better. An adult inpatient stay lasts five to seven days. We begin planning for discharge on day one, establishing goals and helping patients progress toward them so that they can return home as soon as possible.

Virginia Tech Carilion Partnership

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) formed out of an innovative public-private partnership with Virginia Tech. Together, we are working to transform mental health care by educating the physician leaders of tomorrow. VTCSOM uses a patient-centered curriculum designed to develop physicians who can take research from the lab to patient treatment. Students learn, train and work side by side with Carilion’s highly experienced psychiatry staff.

Mission, Goals and Strengths

Our mission is to advance the mental and physical health of our communities, and to become an internationally recognized pioneer of clinical excellence through the dedicated integration of education, discovery and recovery. The Division of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry provides excellent care for adults coping with mental illnesses.

Message from Leadership

"I believe that mental illness, including addiction, is a biological and neurological state that exists in the psychosocial context called life. People are not their mental illness, but their mental illness does deeply affect their life. Understanding the neurological, biological, and genetic bases of psychiatric illness is important, but so is understanding the human being in front of you, and the context their illness is happening in. "

Michael Greenage, D.O.

Michael Greenage, DO
Residency Director, Psychiatry
Roanoke Valley

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Department specs

Program Size

  • Roanoke location includes 36 adult beds and 14 child and adolescent beds
  • A mix of private and double-bed rooms
  • Teams have a full complement of pharmacy, therapy, nursing, social work, discharge planning and behavioral health tech staff

Quality Measures

  • Falls data
  • Restraint data
  • Patient satisfaction
  • Medications at admission review
  • Allergy review
  • Note completion time review

Services

  • Behavior modification
  • Substance use recovery
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
  • Medication Therapy
  • Problem-Solving Therapy
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
  • Psychological Counseling
  • Psychological Evaluations
  • Music and Creative Art Therapies
  • Animal-Assisted Therapy
  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
  • Oral and Intramuscular Ketamine Therapy
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
  • Individual Psychopharmacology
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Interventional Psychiatry
  • After-Care Planning

Conditions Treated

  • Addiction
  • Bipolar Affective Disorder
  • Substance Use Disorder
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorder
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Anxiety Disorder
  • Paranoia
  • Psychosis
  • Schizophrenia
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Delusional Disorders
  • Neurocognitive Disorders
  • Personality Disorders

Specialties within Department

  • Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Brain Injury Medicine
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Addiction Medicine

Areas We Serve

  • Roanoke Valley
  • New River Valley

Quick Facts

  • Two inpatient psychiatric care facilities
  • Roanoke location includes 36 adult beds and 14 child and adolescent beds
  • New River Valley location includes 36 adult beds

Research

Recover: A Prospective, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Blinded Trial Demonstrating the Safety and Effectiveness of VNS Therapy System as Adjunctive Therapy Versus a No-Stimulation Control in Subjects with Treatment-Resistant Depression PI: Anita Kablinger, M.D., CPI Remote alcohol monitoring to facilitate abstinence reinforcement with an underserved population PI: Anita Kablinger, M.D., CPI Study of the Mental Health Benefits from Early Detection and Treatment of Hepatitis C in co-morbid psychiatric illness and/or substance abuse patients in Southwest Virginia Co-investigator: Anita Kablinger, M.D., CPI

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Education

Overview

Training site for medical students from VTCSOM and VCOM and physician assistant students from RUC and for psychiatric nurse practitioner students. Primary inpatient psychiatry training site for general psychiatry residents. Also provides training to nursing students, social work intern students and psychology graduate students. 

We offer residents high-quality experiences in a variety of settings, including Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the state. Our residents also rotate at the Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center and other community sites. Our residents are extensively trained in inpatient, outpatient, consultative and community psychiatric care for adults, children and geriatric patients. Visit the Psychiatry Residency page by clicking here. 

Carilion Clinic-VTC also offers fellowship training in Geriatric Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine.