The most appropriate young adult will be one who is physically and emotionally stable enough to receive services after school and return home in the evening. Patients will also be assigned some days of Saturday treatment. Services are provided on the Young Adult Unit of the Institute. After the young adult is assigned a counselor, he or she attends group therapy sessions, lectures and recreation activities along with Young Adult Unit inpatients. When a person lives in the hospital, they receive the benefit of 24 hour care and the increased influence of a peer support group.
Patient care is directed by an individualized treatment plan created by our treatment team.
Team members include physicians, counselors, nurses, recreational therapists and clergy personnel. Psychiatric consultation is available when necessary. There is no preset length of stay in this program, because every patient has his or her own individualized treatment plan. The speed with which a person moves through Addiction Day Treatment really depends on his or her ability to accept the disease of addiction and begin practicing the principals of recovery. As patients meet the objectives on their treatment plan, they move on to the next level of care.