HAMILTON CENTER INC

HAMILTON CENTER PROVIDES OUTPATIENT COUNSELING SERVICES IN TEN COUNTIES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING VIGO, SULLIVAN, OWEN, GREENE, PUTNAM, CLAY, PARKE, VERMILLION, HENDRICKS AND MARION. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF WITH VARIOUS SPECIALTY AREAS SOME OF WHOM INCLUDE: PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS, ADDICTION THERAPISTS, AND LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. TREATMENT IS INDIVIDUALIZED, PERSON CENTERED AND RECOVERY BASED. TREATMENT IS TAILORED TO BE AS BRIEF AS NECESSARY AND IS ORIENTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE PATIENT'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUNCTIONING - WORK, SCHOOL AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES. SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL, MARITAL, GROUP AND FAMILY THERAPY, AS WELL AS PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION/TREATMENT AND ADDICTION SERVICES. DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, HAMILTON CENTER PROVIDED 269,342 OUTPATIENT VISITS TO 10,193 CLIENTS.

HAMILTON CENTER OPERATES A 24-HOUR ADULT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT UNIT WHICH IS LICENSED BY THE INDIANA DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION. OUR 16-BED UNIT PROVIDES SHORT-TERM STABILIZATION AND TREATMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL AND ADDICTION DISORDERS. INPATIENT TREATMENT USUALLY BEGINS WITH A HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL HEALTH, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, FAMILY LIFE, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY. TREATMENT IS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHICH INCLUDES PHYSICIANS, PSYCHIATRISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES, ACTIVITY THERAPISTS, PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, CASE MANAGERS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. STAFF PSYCHIATRISTS MAKE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS AND DIAGNOSES, PROVIDE DIRECT TREATMENT AND MONITOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS. TREATMENT GOALS ARE INDIVIDUALIZED AND DEVELOPED BY THE CLIENT AND THE TREATMENT TEAM.SERVICES TAKE PLACE IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF THE ILLNESS, IMPROVES SELF-ESTEEM AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND HELPS THE CLIENT'S SUPPORT SYSTEM UNDERSTAND THE ILLNESS AND ASSIST IN CARE. THE OBJECTIVE DURING A CLIENT'S STAY IS TO ACHIEVE STABILIZATION SO THAT HE/SHE CAN RETURN TO A LESS RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH FOLLOW-UP OUTPATIENT CARE. DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, HAMILTON CENTER PROVIDED 4,715 INPATIENT DAYS TO 499 CLIENTS.