These programs, in addition to the Pennsylvania Hospital Residents Outpatient Clinic, are active training sites. Active affiliations with other community mental health centers, including Horizon House and Community Council provide a web of increasingly integrated services for publicly funded psychiatric patients in Philadelphia. This facility is a haven for chronically mentally ill people who have not made adequate progress elsewhere. The program provides a warm and caring environment, along with a goal-oriented structure, to help each individual achieve his or her highest level of function. The facility offers social contact and group support with the best medical and rehabilitation approaches available.
Participants are active in planning the group s activities and outings.
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia currently focuses on consultation and the interface between pediatrics and psychiatry, as well as research on mood disorders and the neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. With the strength of the facilities and reputation of the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, it is one of the several premier children s hospitals in the nation.