Admissions Criteria

Individuals from throughout the world are eligible for admission to SLS Residential´s programs.

In general the following criteria must be met:

1. You must have a primary psychiatric disorder
2. You cannot be a convicted violent felon
3. You cannot be a pedophile, have a history of fire setting or a history of serious violence toward others
4. You must have a current physical examination completed within 30 days prior to the date of admission
5. You can have a secondary diagnosis of a substance abuse disorder
6. You must be willing to receive treatment and to commit to a 30 day trial period.
7. You must complete an application for admission and send SLS information about your prior treatment history

Other criteria may also apply. Please contact our Intake Department for further information (1-888-8-CARE-4U) or email intake@slshealth.com

Admission Process

If you would like to be considered for admission you need to do the following things:

1. Contact our Intake Department to have your questions answered and to inquire about availability. We generally have more referrals (applicants) than we have available openings so planning ahead is important.
2. Download our application and fill it out and send it to SLS by fax, email or postal mail.
3. Our Intake Department will contact you to set up a telephone interview with a member of our clinical staff.
4. If you want you may schedule an onsite visit to meet with our staff.
5. Once we have your application, interviewed you, and confirmed funding of your care we will decided whether you are an appropriate admission to our programs. We will tell you of our decision by phone.
6. If we accept you then you will have three days to decide whether or not you want to be admitted to SLS.
7. If you decide to be admitted we will schedule your admission as soon as possible. If you are covered by insurance your admission may be subject to pre-certification by your insurance company.
8. On the day of your admission you will come to our main offices and meet with the Director of Care Management who coordinates all admissions. You will then meet with residence staff and clinical staff.

An expedited admissions process is also available if time is of the essence. Contact our Intake Department for more information.

SLS Residential Treatment Application

Our Treatment application is available as a pdf file: Treatment Application (pdf)

To apply for residential treatment, download the treatment application and print it.

Please mail the completed application to:

SLS Residential
Intake Department
2505 Carmel Avenue
Suite 210
Brewster, NY 10509

Fees

Fees are based on which program you are applying to and can be obtained by calling our Intake Department.

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