Our Adult Psychiatric Services
Below you can read a full description of each of our adult psychiatric services which includes the mission and objectives of each program.
Initiate Recovery Program
Mission:
- Effectively initiate the positive change process towards successful long term recovery from substance abuse and mental health.
Objectives:
- Improve awareness of treatment options for patients seeking long term treatment including outpatient programs and residential treatment programs
- Educate patients and support systems on the dynamics of co-occurring disorders
- Successfully treat and motivate patients to continue their recovery
Co-occurring Focused Program:
- Motivational Interviewing upon admission and seek assistance from support system to resolve ambivalence regarding ongoing treatment
- Incorporate cognitive behavioral therapy strategies to positively change negative thinking into recovery-focused hopeful change
- Utilize licensed chemical dependency clinical supervisors to facilitate chemical dependency groups and partner with AA to hold weekly group
- Educate and promote physical activity through Yoga and recreational therapy as alternative healthy coping strategies to substance abuse
Change Incentive Program
Stabilization Track-The Stabilization Track of the Change Incentive Program is the most acute environment of care at our facility. The primary focus is to treat patients with a goal of stepping them up into the Transitions track during their inpatient stay at Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire.
Mission
- To ensure that each patient has been assessed for barriers and challenges in treatment recovery with greater focus on social and life skills, and safe discharge planning to supportive environments
Objectives
- Improve compliance with medication treatment both inpatient and post-discharge
- Improve basic social and life skills to increase functioning in the community
- Partner with community mental health programs to ensure continuity of care that supports the challenges of this intensive mental health population
Skill-Focused Programming
- Psychotherapy groups on treatment compliance, self-advocacy, discharge planning and community resources(case management groups)
- Recreational therapy groups will be bulk of programming to focus on enhancing social skills and life skills
- Incentive-based programming system providing patients with necessary tools they will need to take with them to navigate community re-integration
Transitions Track-The Transitions track of the Change Incentive Program serves as a step-up from our more acute environment of care.
Mission
- Flexible and accommodating programming based on individualized treatment and general census with focus on blend of social/life skills and process/psychoeducation programming
Objectives
- Improve compliance with medication treatment both inpatient and post-discharge
- Improve basic social and life skills to increase functioning in the community
- Inclusion of family and support system into the treatment process and discharge planning
Flexible and Blended Programming
- Incentive-based programming system providing patients with necessary tools they will need to take with them to navigate community re-integration
- Psychotherapy groups on treatment compliance, self-advocacy, discharge planning, accessing community resources and process groups
- Recreational therapy groups will be bulk of programming to focus on enhancing social skills, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills and life skills