Mental Health Care in Bakersfield, CA

Kern Medical

What Does Kern Medical Offer?

Kern Medical is a mental health facility at 1700 Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, California, offering hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT and DBT.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

1700 Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93306

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Kern Medical

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

County or local government funds
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Private health insurance
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
U.S. Department of VA funds

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Veterans
Members of military families
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients with HIV or AIDS
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Thioridazine
Aripiprazole
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Assertive community treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Diet and exercise counseling
Family psychoeducation
Intensive case management
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
Education services
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in California lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.