Adult Acute Partial Hospital Program
Our Acute Partial Hospital Program (APH) may be the right choice if you require more intensive outpatient treatment. Our program aims to provide an environment to help you address your mental health concerns and challenges requiring support. The program’s focus is on stabilization, assessment, and treatment planning. It will provide a guide for now and the future as you prepare for your discharge from the program. The program offers a Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis track for patients with a co-occurring substance misuse disorder. These tracks allow the patient to focus on their specific goals and needs. The program uses a group treatment modality to help those who attend realize they are not alone in their experience with mental health challenges. We believe patients can accomplish this within a structured and consistent treatment program.
The Acute Partial Hospitalization Program runs weekly from Monday through Friday, 9:40 am to 3:30 pm. Group members attend all groups daily unless they have graduated to step-down status following review by the interdisciplinary team. Group members who have actively participated in treatment, maintained compliance, and are prepared to transition into the community graduate to step-down status. We provide patients with transportation, breakfast, and lunch.
Five hours of group therapy are offered daily with the following core components:
- Psychotherapy Group
- Activity Therapy
- Education Therapy
- Medication Management
- Individual Therapy
- Discharge Planning
- Community Meeting
- Occupational Therapy Group, as needed
Psychotherapy Group
Group psychotherapy sessions are scheduled twice daily. Group psychotherapy has several purposes: identifying challenges, processing stressors, identifying solutions to identified obstacles, and encouraging you to continue therapy after discharge. Group psychotherapy allows many individuals to work on problems simultaneously, enables you to receive support and feedback from others with similar challenges, provides real-life examples of other group members’ experiences, and is a safe place to identify and utilize coping skills and develop positive interpersonal interactions. Group therapy is goal-directed, focused on the present, concentrating on your strengths and solutions, and is time-efficient. It can help you change how you think, feel, and do. Mental health professionals with training and experience in group therapy lead our groups.
Medication Management
The psychiatrist will meet with you weekly to monitor and address medication concerns. The meeting with the psychiatrist is the time to discuss any concerns regarding side effects, understand your regimen, and discuss any questions about your medication.
Education Group
The nurses and clinical staff facilitate education groups. The curriculum includes several topics, including nutrition, healthy life skills, symptom management, understanding your diagnosis, anger management, and medication education. Medication education provides information on medication compliance, the purposes of the different psychotropic medications, side effects, dosages, food and drug interactions, and other medication-related issues.
Activity/Skills Group
We hold structured activity groups two times daily. We’ve designed these group activities to help patients meet their therapeutic goals. Various activities help you learn how to solve problems, develop self-awareness, explore a solution-focused approach to managing life issues, express negative feelings appropriately, reduce anxiety, increase attention and concentration, and improve interpersonal skills. Modalities may include mindfulness skills, distress tolerance skills, harm reduction strategies, and safety planning.
We designed our program enrollment to meet each person’s unique clinical needs. Typical enrollment lasts 6-8 weeks. After completing the program, each patient will have a personalized discharge plan for continued success in the community.
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