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About
the Mount Sinai
Adolescent Health
Center
If you are between the
ages of 12 and 21 (new clients must be 19 or younger), the Mount
Sinai Adolescent Health Center is here for you. Our doctors, nurses,
social workers, health educators and other health staff believe
you should be physically, mentally and emotionally healthy to reach
your full potential in life. We can take care of your health care
needs, including these services:
- Checkups, physicals
for sports, camp, work or school
- Urgent/walk-in services
- Specialty services
such as: dermatology, rheumatology and more
- HIV couseling and
testing
- HIV/AIDS medical care
- Birth control advice
and information
- Condom availability
- Family planning
- Pregnancy testing
- Sexually transmitted
infections testing and treatment
- Emergency contraception
Individual, family
and/ or group therapy:
Relationship &
family problems, depression, drugs & alcohol, rape, sexual abuse
and domestic violence, HIV infection & coping with HIV in the family,
and eating disorder treatment.
We're
Affordable
All of our services are available regardless of your ability to
pay. We accept Medicaid and most other health insurance plans (always
bring your card to the Center). If you don't have insurance, many
services are free, although your medical visits may cost $9.00.
You also can learn more about health insurance by speaking with
an enrollment counselor.
We
Respect Your Privacy
The Center offers you confidential services. We encourage you to
talk with your parents/guardians, although we understand that this
is not always possible.
How
to Receive Care
The Center is open daily, Monday through Saturday and some evenings.
You should always call for an appointment instead of just walking
in. But if you have a medical concern that you feel can't wait,
call the immediate care number to speak with a nurse.
For Medical and Reproductive
Services, call (212) 423-3000
For Counseling Services, call (212) 423-2981
For Immediate Care, call (212) 423-2999
**If your period is
two weeks late and you had unprotected sex, you can walk in at 8:30
AM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday for a free pregnancy
test.
We're Easy to Find
The Center is in Manhattan, on 94th Street between First and Second
Avenues. You can take:
- the #6 train
to 96th Street and Lexington Avenue
- the #4 train
to 86th Street and Lexington Avenue, then the #6 to 96th Street
- the M15 bus runs uptown on First Avenue
- the M15 bus runs downtown on 2nd Avenue
- the M96 bus runs crosstown on 96th Street.
We're here for you!
312 East 94 Street
(between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY 10128
(212) 423-3000
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