Kapi'olani Behavioral Health Services
At Kapi‘olani Medical Center, we’re concerned about the total health care needs of you as a patient. In addition to your physical health, we recognize that your mental and emotional state can also enhance or hinder your treatment and recovery.
When everyday challenges are heightened by a personal illness or an illness in the family, you can experience significant anxiety, depression, or other difficulties. Kapi‘olani’s Behavioral Health Service (KBHS) can assist you and your families in managing these concerns.
KBHS provides services designed to meet the behavioral health needs of patients who are being treated in the hospital or follow-up care for women and children who are being seen in our outpatient pediatric or OB/GYN clinics. We provide on-site psychiatric and psychological services for our patients, wherever they are needed in the medical center. KBHS is also a training site for the University of Hawaii School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.
What We Do
What KBHS Can Help With
What I Can Expect During My Treatment at KBHS
How to receive services at KBHS
Before Your First Outpatient Appointment
Insurance Coverage
KBHS Team
Helpful Resources
What We Do
• Behavioral health services addressing the needs of specific medical issues experienced by children, adolescents, adults, and families.
• Psychiatric and psychological services provided at the hospital bedside, in the emergency room, or in outpatient clinics
• Psychological testing to evaluate children’s cognitive and behavioral outcomes during and after medical treatment and injury
• Psychiatric medication management
• Around-the-clock support for inpatients and emergency room patients
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary programs, such as Tucker, Kapi`olani's therapy dog, the Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Center, Child Life Services/Playroom, Oral Facial Cleft Clinic, the Women’s Cancer Center, the Newborn Special Care Unit, and Palliative Care
What KBHS can help you with
• Reducing the stress and coping difficulties that you may face with serious or chronic medical conditions
• Establishing positive behaviors in support of your health and medical treatment
• Treating depression, including post-partum depression, and the impact it has on your well-being and daily life
• Treating the anxiety, fears, and phobias that may have an impact on your medical treatment
• The sense of loss and grief you or your family may face with serious illness
What I can expect from KBHS
• An understanding that the individual concerns of you and your family may impact the emotional and physical health of each family member
• A goal-directed treatment plan that coordinates care with your healthcare team and is tailored to meet your individual and family needs
How to receive services KBHS
• If you or your family member is a Kapi'olani patient, simply ask your doctor for a referral
• Your physician can call us to request behavioral health services for you if you are hospitalized at Kapi'olani, receiving treatment in the emergency room or in one of our outpatient clinics
• Because KBHS does not accept referrals from the general community, please call the Kapi’olani Health Connection at 535-7000 if you need a recommendation for a community-based provider
Before Your first outpatient appointment at KBHS
If you have been referred to KBHS for an outpatient appointment, please complete and bring the following forms to your first appointment:
KBHS Registration Form
KBHS Consent for Treatment
KBHS Confidentiality Statement
Insurance Coverage
Most services are covered by the patient's health plan. In some cases, patients may be responsible for a co-payment. Our financial counselors can provide you with an estimated cost.
KBHS Team
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Anthony Guerrero, M.D.
Child and Adult Psychiatrist and Pediatrician
KBHS Co-Division Head |
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Asad Ghiasuddin, M.D.
Child & Adult Psychiatrist and Pediatrician |
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Lori Murayama-Sung, M.D.
Adult and Geriatric Psychiatrist |
And Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows from the University of Hawaii School of Medicine
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Wendi Hirsch, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
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Bart Pillen, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
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Administrative:
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Gina Culannay
Administrative Assistant |
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Child and Adolescent
Medical Coping
Coping at and after the Hospital
Band-aides & Blackboards
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Coping after an injury
Cardiac Conditions
Kardiac Kids Support Group
Childhood Cancer
Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Grief and Loss
Talking to Children about Death
Juvenile Diabetes
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
My Child Has Diabetes
Women and Families
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Support International
Cancer
Coping with treatment
Grief and Loss
Grief and bereavement
SIDS Mid-Atlantic Bereavement Packet
Pregnancy and Newborn care
Prematurity
Beyond the NICU Doors (Hawai‘i NICU graduates)
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Action Center
General Mental Health
Facts for Families
School Psychiatry
Community Resources
Aloha United Way
Adult Mental Health Division, Hawaii Department of Health
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division, Hawaii Department of Health
Hawaii Families as Allies
Kokua Counseling Centers
Mental Health America of Hawai‘i
Note: Kapi’olani Medical Center is not a psychiatric facility and as such, does not provide inpatient psychiatric services. If you are in a mental health crisis, please call the Department of Health 24-hour ACCESS Crisis Line at 832-3100 (neighbor islands, call 800-753-6879).
Contact Information
1319 Punahou Street, Suite 950
Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: (808) 983-6100
Fax: (808) 983-6105
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