Mental Health - Hunterdon Behavioral Health Acute Partial Hospital
The Acute Partial Hospital provides intensive outpatient mental health treatment as an alternative to or transition from inpatient hospitalization.
What distinguishes the Partial Hospital from other behavioral health services?
The Partial Hospital …
- Is the most intensive outpatient mental health treatment service available
- Provides up to 6-1/2 hours of treatment each weekday
- Involves Partial Hospital staff, a psychiatrist and advanced practice nurse in evaluating all patients
- Develops individualized treatment plans to meet specific needs of each patient
- Offers specific programs tailored to young adults; older adults; and individuals actively preparing to return to work
Who can benefit from services at the Partial Hospital?
Adults with …
- Depression that has not responded to other outpatient treatments
- Thought disturbances
- Loss of daily functioning
- Need for transition to 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
What treatment services does the Partial Hospital offer?
- 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
What can patients expect in the Acute Partial Hospital Program?
- 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.