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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.
1. Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
Facility is not licensed as a psychiatric hospital. The primary purpose of this facility is to provide children and youth younger than 18 with individually planned programs of mental health treatment services in a 24-hour care setting away from the stress of their home environment. Some RTCs for children may accept persons through age 21. This type of facility must have a clinical program that is directed by a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or psychiatric nurse who has a master's or a doctoral degree.
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. Couples/family therapy
An approach that uses discussions and problem-solving sessions facilitated by a therapist to help couples and family members improve their understanding of and the way they respond to one another. This type of therapy can resolve patterns of behavior that might lead to more severe mental illness. Family therapy can help educate about the nature of mental disorders and teach skills to better cope with the effects of having a family member with a mental illness, such as how to deal with feelings of anger or guilt.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Activity therapy
Includes art, dance, music, recreational and occupational therapies, and psychodrama.
1. Smoking permitted in designated area
A designated area in which smoking is permitted.
1. Residential/24-hour residential
2. 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.
3. 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. Medicaid
A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.
3. State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
4. Private health insurance
5. Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
6. State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
Funds designed to finance the cost of treatment for mental health conditions.
7. State welfare or child and family services funds
8. State education agency funds
9. Other State funds
10. County or local government funds
1. Spanish
Staff counselors provide treatment in Spanish.
1. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for LGBT clients.
2. Clients who have experienced trauma
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.
3. Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance.
4. Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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. 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.
3. Education services
Locate or provide educational services from basic literacy through a general equivalency diploma and college courses including special education at the pre-primary, primary, secondary, and adult levels.
4. Family psychoeducation
Helps consumers and their families and supporters, through relationship building, education, collaboration, and problem solving to: 1) learn about mental illness; 2) master new ways of managing their mental illness; 3) reduce tension and stress within the family; 4) provide social support and encouragement to each other; 5) focus on the future; and 6) find ways for families and supporters to help consumers in their recovery.
5. Therapeutic foster care
Provides treatment for children within the private homes of trained families. The approach combines the normalizing influence of family-based care with specialized treatment interventions, thereby creating a therapeutic environment in a nurturing family home.
1. Children/Adolescents
Facility accepts children/adolescents (17 or younger) for treatment.
1. Private non-profit organization
A charitable organization that does not qualify as a public charity.
1. Aripiprazole
2. Olanzapine
3. Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
4. Quetiapine
5. Risperidone
6. Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Refers to medication intended to help clients’ ability to function as a result of serious mental illness (SMI). A mental illness that interferes with a person’s life and ability to function is called a serious mental illness (SMI) for ages 18 and over.
1. Vaping not permitted
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