1. Mental health treatment
Facility which provides services including therapy or psychotropic medication to treat a person’s mental health issue, reduce symptoms, and improve behavioral functioning and outcomes.
2. Substance use treatment
Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).
3. Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Refers to treatment services intended to help their clients’ ability to function as a result of substance use and/or mental disorders. By definition, serious mental illness is someone over 18 having (within the past year) a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. For people under the age of 18, the term ‟Serious Emotional Disturbance” refers to a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in the past year, which resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the child’s role or functioning in family, school, or community activities.
1. Partial hospitalization/day treatment
A medically-supervised facility that offers comprehensive, coordinated, and structured clinical services in a time-limited series of structured, face-to-face therapeutic sessions organized at various levels of intensity/frequency. Services are provided for diagnostic evaluation, active treatment of a condition, or to prevent relapse, hospitalization, or incarceration. The PH facility may be freestanding or part of a broader system that is distinct or a separately-organized unit that is neither residential nor inpatient. PH is an alternative to inpatient care; is transitional care following an inpatient stay in lieu of continued hospitalization; and is a step-down from inpatient care. PH is less than 24-hour care available at least 5 days per week and may be offered on a half-day, weekend, or evening hours basis.
1. Individual psychotherapy
Focuses on a patient's current life and relationships within the family, social, and work environments through one-on-one conversations with a therapist. The goal is to identify and resolve problems with insight, as well as build on strengths.
2. Group therapy
Involves groups of usually 4 to 12 people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a therapist. The therapist uses the emotional interactions of the group's members to (1) help them get relief from distress and (2) possibly modify their behavior.
3. Cognitive behavioral therapy
Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.
4. Dialectical behavior therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy approach with two key characteristics: a behavioral, problem-solving focus blended with acceptance-based strategies, and an emphasis on dialectical processes. "Dialectical" refers to the issues involved in treating patients with multiple disorders and to the type of thought processes and behavioral styles used in the treatment strategies. DBT emphasizes balancing behavioral change, problem-solving, and emotional regulation with validation, mindfulness, and acceptance.
5. Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Provides combined treatment for mental illness and substance abuse from the same clinician or treatment team. Effective integrated treatment programs view recovery as a long-term, community-based process. The approach employs counseling designed especially for those with co-occurring disorders.
6. Activity therapy
Includes art, dance, music, recreational and occupational therapies, and psychodrama.
7. Cognitive remediation therapy
A type of rehabilitation treatment offering exercises with an aim at improving attention, memory, language, and/or executive functions. The expected result is an indirect positive impact on functional deficits impacting everyday life. Proper treatment with these therapies can help enhance the social and professional integration of patients.
1. Smoking permitted in designated area
A designated area in which smoking is permitted.
1. Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Facility offers outpatient treatment services that may include group counseling, individual therapy, and access to medical care. These services are ideal for people who do not require 24-hour supervision, but who would still benefit from a high level of support.
2. Outpatient
Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.
1. Cash or self-payment
Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.
2. Private health insurance
1. Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
2. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for LGBT clients.
3. Veterans
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Veterans.
4. Active duty military
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for active duty military persons.
5. Members of military families
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Military families.
6. Seniors or older adults
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Seniors or older adults.
7. Clients with HIV or AIDS
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with HIV or AIDS.
8. Clients who have experienced trauma
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.
9. Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse.
10. Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with serious mental illness.
11. Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with post-traumatic stress disorder.
12. Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with traumatic brain injury.
13. Persons with eating disorders
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with eating disorders.
1. Case management service
Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.
2. Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Known by different terms in different states, such as, “assisted outpatient treatment (AOT),” “involuntary outpatient treatment,” or “mandatory outpatient treatment.” Forty-four states permit the use of court-ordered outpatient treatment as a condition for persons with severe mental illness, who are too ill to seek care voluntarily, to remain in their community. Each state has its own civil commitment laws that establish criteria for determining when court-ordered treatment is appropriate for these individuals. (https://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=228)
3. Diet and exercise counseling
Diet and exercise counseling helps a person learn to make decisions about: (1) good nutrition, healthy eating practices, and food choices for health improvement and/or weight management; and (2) choosing physical activities to increase overall health and fitness, with a focus on helping persons reduce their risk for chronic disease and support their recovery.
1. Mentoring/peer support
1. Nicotine replacement
Administers nicotine to the body by means other than tobacco, without other harmful chemicals found in tobacco. Common forms of nicotine replacement therapy are nicotine patches, nicotine gum or lozenges, nasal spray and inhaler. The goal of nicotine replacement is to prevent cravings in a tobacco user, allowing the person to abstain from tobacco.
2. Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Medications that do not contain nicotine but are designed to reduce a person's craving for tobacco. Some common examples are Bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin) and Nortriptyline (Pamelor). Medications are often prescribed in conjunction with counseling or support groups to provide the best chance for achieving long-term smoking abstinence. (http://www.mayoclinic.com)
1. Screening for tobacco use
Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.
1. Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.
1. Young Adults
Facility accepts young adults (18-25) for treatment.
2. Adults
Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.
3. Seniors
Facility accepts seniors (65 or older) for treatment.
1. Private for-profit organization
A business or other organization whose primary goal is making money (a profit).
1. Vaping permitted in designated area