Treatment Units
The Adolescent Unit is a specialty unit providing inpatient treatment for mentally, emotionally, and behaviorally disturbed adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. The length of treatment depends on the severity of the psychopathology of the patient, the availability of family and community resources, their commitment to the treatment program, and the motivation and response of the patient during the treatment program. The treatment milieu of this unit is structured, coordinated, and integrated to provide the following services: a complete diagnostic evaluation that includes psychiatric, medical, nursing, individual and group therapy, family counseling, nutritional services, therapeutic activities, structured group living, vocational evaluation and rehabilitation, and interagency correlation. In addition, adolescents are enrolled in a year-round accredited school program.
The Adult and Acute Admissions Unit is for patients between the ages of 18 and 60. It is designed for patients who are admitted in crisis and with many types of mental illness. It combines medication along with individual and group treatment to stabilize patients' symptoms and educate them about their illnesses. It is a short term unit and family and community involvement is encouraged to assist with the transition back to the community. The continuation of treatment after discharge is encouraged.
The Geriatric Admissions Unit provides treatment for patients 60 years and older. While most of the patients in the unit deal with varying degrees of confusion and/or disorientation associated with dementia, there are others which have chronic and persistent mental illness. Although patients are usually ambulatory, many suffer from age-related physical illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis or cardiovascular disease. Most require some assistance with their basic needs. The objective of the unit is re-motivation, reorientation, and rehabilitation of patients in an effort to return them to their community and families.
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit provides treatment and rehabilitation services to adults 18 and older with severe and persistent psychiatric illness. Patients are treated as responsible adults and treatment/rehabilitation efforts are aimed at reducing symptoms and developing the cognitive and interpersonal skills needed to achieve independent functioning. We offer clear and consistent reinforcement for appropriate behaviors and skills training which is important for our environment. Patients participate in work therapy, therapaws, and receive opportunities for individual counseling. A wellness clinic is part of the patients' program in order to familiarize them with routine health checks and to encourage follow-up with physicians regularly after discharge.
The Psychiatric Medical Unit is a specialty unit for the treatment of psychiatric patients with physical illness who cannot be managed on a general psychiatric unit due to the nature and severity of the medical illness. Patients are admitted to this unit from other hospital units. The objectives are continued/modified as determined to be appropriate based on the patient's medical condition.
The Tuberculosis Unit is operated in cooperation with the Division of Health Service. Treatment is provided to tubercular patients who are non-compliant with treatment or are treatment resistant. Patients on this unit are not psychiatric patients and are treated for physical illnesses only.
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