Other goals are to improve the patient's skills in daily living and social adjustment, facilitate family adjustment and social networking, and educate and promote the use of helpful community resources. Patients admitted to the programs receive treatment during the weekdays and return to their homes on evenings and weekends. HCPC expects the programs to deliver treatment to patients with diagnoses such as post traumatic stress disorder, sexual and physical abuse, phobias, multiple personality disorders, depression and psychosis. The hospital's traditional inpatient program offers treatment for diagnoses that include depression, manic depression and schizophrenia. Partial hospitalization components include individual, group and family therapy, health and medication education, substance abuse education, mental health education and management, relaxation and stress management.
Consultation is available for occupational therapy, chaplain, dietitian and psychology services.
The programs are operated out of separate hospital units. Morgan says the hospital expects the patient length of stay to vary from two to six weeks depending upon the individual patient's need. Capacity during the first six to eight weeks will be 12 patients per program. After the initial period, the programs will accept referrals and increase the census to 24 patients. One in five people, or 350,000 adults and 130,000 children residing in Harris County, will suffer from a diagnosable mental illness during their lifetime.