Acute Partial Hospital
The Acute Partial Hospital provides intensive outpatient mental health treatment as an alternative to/or transition from inpatient hospitalization.
The Acute Partial Hospital…
- Is the most intensive outpatient mental health treatment service available
- Provides up to 6-1/2 hours of treatment each weekday
- Involves Acute Partial Hospital staff, a psychiatrist and advanced practice nurse in evaluating all patients
- Develops individualized treatment plans to meet the specific needs of each patient
- Offers specific programs tailored to young adults, older adults, and individuals actively preparing to return to work
Adults with…
- Depression that has not responded to other outpatient treatments
- Thought disturbances
- Loss of daily functioning
- Need for a transition to the community following hospitalization or preventing hospitalization
- Seriously maladaptive behavior patterns
- Isolation due to emotional stress
- Other mental health problems not responsive to less intensive treatments
- Psychiatric evaluation and treatment
- Individual psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Therapeutic activities
- Substance abuse services for mental health patients
- Linkage to other outpatient therapies
- Family therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Medication management
- Patients are expected to attend all five days
- Intensive outpatient treatment includes three hours of therapy daily
- Each day is tailored to accommodate patients’ needs