The patients are diagnosed with major thought disorders, major affective disorders, major personality disorders, and organic disorders of various etiologies. A multi-disciplinary team provides a biopsychosocial assessment for each patient. This assessment addresses the physical, emotional, behavioral, social, recreational, legal, vocational, spiritual, and nutritional needs of the patients. Departmental standards require a physical, psychiatric, nursing, social history, and rehabilitation assessment. Psychological, educational and vocational assessments, as well as special assessment for neurological deficits, are provided as deemed necessary by the treatment team.
Treatment planning is based on the assessment of identified needs and problems.
Major treatment modalities include psychotropic medication, a full range of psychosocial interventions, specialized interventions for physical and organic dysfunctions, the physical environment, behavioral management, and the use of treatment milieu. Centralized ASH programs, including Vocational Rehabilitation, Recreational Rehabilitation, Chaplaincy, and Patient Education, are utilized to individualize and enhance the program for Geriatric patients. Treatment planning is an ongoing process of evaluating patients response to treatment and identifying problems that may emerge in the treatment process, triggering further reassessments and alterations of treatment plans to continue to provide individualized treatment. Discharge aftercare planning begins during the assessment phase. Problems and needs identified during the assessment phase that are beyond the stated scope of the program are documented and an aftercare plan is developed that links the patient to programs and agencies that can meet identified needs.