PORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY PATIENT CLINICAL NEED, FUNCTIONING LEVEL, FORMULATE INITIAL AND ONGOING SERVICES, TREATMENT APPROACHES, FORMULATE A DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSION, IDENTIFY PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE IMPAIRING PROGRESS IN TREATMENT, AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE PATIENT REFERRALS.GROUP COUNSELING: DESIGNED TO TREAT THE PATIENTS' MENTAL ILLNESS AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS BY A TRAINED CLINICIAN TO FACILITATE AND GUIDE A GROUP OF 3 OR MORE MEMBERS WHO REACT TO EACH OTHER ON A COGNITIVE LEVEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE PATIENTS' FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, INCREASING THE FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF BEHAVIOR, ENHANCING RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, AND PROMOTING POSITIVE PERSONALITY GROWTH.INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING: PROFESSIONAL STAFF UTILIZE A VARIETY OF TREATMENT MODALITIES/APPROACHES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH MAXIMUM TREATMENT BENEFIT. PSYCHOTHERAPY IS INDIVIDUALIZED AND INTERVENTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BENEFIT EACH PATIENT AND FREQUENCY OF SESSIONS IS BASED ON PRESENTING MANIFESTATIONS OF ONGOING BEHAVIOR. PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT: AFTER PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION BY A PSYCHIATRIST OR APRN BC (ADVANCE PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE WITH PRESCRIBING LICENSURE) IT WILL BE DETERMINED IF MEDICATION IS PRESCRIBED AND HOW OFTEN AND OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME MEDICATION/SOMATIC APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED.DAY TREATMENT: DESIGNED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, INTENSIVE, FLEXIBLE, STRUCTURED, GOALORIENTED, FACETOFACE TREATMENT SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING AN ACUTE PERIOD OF DIFFICULTY IN FUNCTIONING, PROBLEMS COPING WITH LIFE STRESS, EXACERBATION OF EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, AND UNSTABLE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT.COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT (CPST): PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF SERVICES DELIVERED BY COMMUNITY BASED, MOBILE INDIVIDUALS. SERVICES ADDRESS THE INDIVIDUALIZED MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE CLIENT. CPST PROFESSIONALS WILL MAINTAIN ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF CLIENT NEEDS AND ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN MANAGING BASIC NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE INDIVIDUAL AND/OR GUARDIAN. 55,847 SERVICES PROVIDED TO 8,946 DISTINCT CLIENTS.

PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES (PES) PROVIDES CRISIS INTERVENTION TO URGENT MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS THROUGH EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. THE PURPOSE OF THESE SERVICES IS TO OBTAIN PATIENT STABILITY THROUGH TRIAGE WITH RAPID TREATMENT, INTERVENTION, AND DEESCALATION FOLLOWED BY CONNECTIONS OF PATIENT TO THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE CARE ALTERNATIVE. UNDER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT (CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT), PATIENTS ARE EVALUATED BY A PSYCHIATRIST, NURSE AND EMERGENCY CLINICIAN AS COMPONENTS OF THEIR ASSESSMENT IN EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS. PATIENTS IN NEED OF CONTINUED TREATMENT WHO VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO PARTICIPATE ARE REFERRED FOR TREATMENT ON THE CSU. INTERVENTION IS AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS 24 HOURS A DAY ON THE CSU BY A PSYCHIATRIST, REGISTERED NURSE AND TECHNICIANS. INTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC CARE ON A SHORTTERM BASIS IS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS DURING THEIR EPISODE OF CARE ON THE CSU. 12,934 SERVICES PROVIDED TO 1,421 DISTINCT CLIENTS.