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DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM
(Framingham Day Hospital)
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Framingham Day Hospital is an intensive psychiatric day treatment program that provides a daily, six-hour program for adults who need more than weekly therapy but do not require full hospitalization. The program can be used to prevent hospitalization, shorten hospital stays, or to increase an individual’s ability to make constructive changes in his or her life.
The program is staffed by a full range of psychiatric professionals and offers:
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Individual, group, and family therapy
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Substance abuse services
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Medication education
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Prevention of hospitalization and assessment services
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Assistance with symptom-management skills
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Assistance with prevocational and Daily Living Skills
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Follow-up services, available on a long-term basis, when necessary
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Active liaison/collaboration with referrant and other relevant service providers as needed
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“Phases” of Treatment and Length of Stay
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In order to facilitate change without fostering dependency, the program has been divided into three phases, with decreasing levels of utilization as clients transition out of the program into community supports. (However, it should be noted that the Phases do not have to be used in progression from Phase I-III.)
Length of stay depends upon goal achievement (as well as the approval of the insurance company that is responsible for reimbursement for services).
Phase I: During Phase I clients gain a greater understanding of their illness, learn coping skills, and formulate plans for community living. In Phase I (only), clients have a counselor who meets with them individually on an ongoing basis, and they also have the opportunity to utilize an intensive group therapy.
Phase II: In Phase II clients use FDH while transitioning into the community to pursue work, training or education, family responsibilities, social relationships, or community supports.
Phase III: Phase III offers minimal program use to provide support, prevent relapse, and insure successful, continued involvement in community supports, utilizing selected groups on a follow-up basis.
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