Mental Health Conditions can
become life-threatening and Highlands' philosophy
regards them as treatable medical illnesses.
Emphasis is placed on learning skills to sustain
recovery. Family meetings are utilized to strengthen
patients on their road to recovery.
OUR PROGRAM CONTINUUM:
Highlands Behavioral Health System offers the
following psychiatric care options for adults:
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Acute Inpatient
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Partial Hospitalization
Adult Acute Inpatient
The acute inpatient program treats adults in an
intensive therapeutic structure, providing medical
and psychiatric stabilization and 24-hour nursing
care for patients experiencing critical symptoms. It
offers a comprehensive treatment approach to
stabilizing acute psychiatric symptoms in adults of
all ages.
Patients in crisis will find a safe and structured
environment that offers compassion and hope. A
multi-disciplinary treatment team including
physicians, nurses, activities therapists and social
workers create individualized treatment plans, with
a special emphasis placed on medication management,
as well as individual, group and family therapy.
The ultimate goal of treatment is to stabilize the
immediate crisis and enable recovery with skills to
promote personal and emotional development,
relationship building and independence.
Interventions are designed to provide patients with
practical tools to manage their symptoms improve
their coping abilities. A primary focus of treatment
is placed on relapse prevention and education.
To reduce the need for future hospitalization,
effective discharge planning is critical. Staff
works towards identifying and coordinating community
resource support and aftercare services to assist
each patient in meeting their goals. Whenever
possible, and clinically appropriate, a patient's
family is engaged in the therapeutic process. Family
or social support involvement is seen as being
critical with successful recovery.
Adult Treatment Components
Treatment for each adult is administered by a
multi-disciplinary team of mental health
professionals led by a psychiatrist. Team members
may include:
The treatment process begins
with a comprehensive evaluation to help diagnose any
underlying medical or biochemical origins of
disease. An individualized plan of care is written
to meet the special needs of each patient.
Therapeutic components may include:
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Individual therapy
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Family therapy
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Group therapy
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Drug/alcohol education
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Recreational therapy
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Activity therapy
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Medication education
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Pet Therapy
PROBLEMS WE ADDRESS
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Suicidal feelings/thoughts
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Extreme anger and/or
dangerous behavior
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Anxiety/panic attacks
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Schizophrenia
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Depression
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Hallucinations/delusional
thinking
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Phobias
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Bipolar disorder
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Physical/sexual abuse
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Co-dependency
Adult Partial
Hospitalization (REACH Program)
REACH stands for Relationships,
Encouragement, Accountability, Change and Hope.
REACH is a voluntary adult mental health program
that offers participants a structured environment in
a less restrictive and more flexible outpatient
setting. Some participants enter the REACH
Program directly from the community, while others
transition from the hospital. Individuals
participate five days a week, Monday through Friday
from 9 am to 3 pm, and return home at night and on
weekends. The REACH Program provides
individuals with a safe and interactive environment
to share and process feelings. Through education and
support, our team encourages participants to
reestablish and maintain relationships and
connections in their communities. Because
participants go home each afternoon, opportunities
to practice skills and process real life experiences
in groups the next day allow for consistent
reinforcement and skill development. Participants
are assessed daily during a group check-in.
Based on feedback from this morning session,
therapists customize groups to address individual’s
needs. Group therapy sessions frequently focus on:
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Depression
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Anger
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Anxiety/Panic
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Greif/Loss
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Post Traumatic Stress
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Boundaries
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Communication
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