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The Outpatient Psychiatric Services (OPS) is a clinical program within the Department of Psychiatry of Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) and is located at the Highland Hospital and Fairmont Hospital campuses. OPS provides partial hospitalization, structured outpatient and aftercare services to the residents of Alameda County.
ACMC recognizes that mental illness can have a devastating effect upon an individual’s life. Illnesses, such as: major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can significantaly impair a person’s ability to function at home, work and in social relationships. ACMC is dedicated to providing high quality psychiatric care to individuals with serious mental illness with the goal to reduce hospitalization.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
PHP services are designed to be an alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization for individuals experiencing severe emotional distress that helps them maintain in the community. PHP provides comprehensive short-term structured outpatient treatment for adults living at home and takes place five days a week for five hours per day. Individual/Group therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication management services are provided as well as transportation, lunch and a morning snack. The goal of the program is to assist participants at avoiding going to the hospital by stabilizing symptoms, developing positive coping skills and modifying troublesome behaviors in a structured and supportive outpatient setting.
Benefits:
- Reduce hospital stays by providing “step down: PHP care
- Attend treatment while living at home
- Weekly medication supervision and management
- Reduce acute symptoms and improve functioning
- Learn positive symptom management/functional skills
- Improve understanding of mental illness and it’s management
- Coordinate re-entry into community after hospitalization
- Prevent decompensation and/or re-hospitalization
- Learn relapse prevention skills
- Maintain important links to family and community
- Promotes safe and effective recovery from an episode of psychiatric illness
An individualized treatment plan in developed for each participant which addresses the medical, psychiatric, psychological and social needs of the person. The comprehensive treatment program includes:
- Complete medical, psychiatric and psychological evaluation
- Weekly psychiatric assessment by attending psychiatrist
- Daily group psychotherapy
- Weekly individual psychotherapy
- Evaluation and management of psychiatric medications
- Community resource need assessment and coordination
Structured Outpatient Program (SOP)
The SOP service is designed to be a step down program for individuals completing the PHP or similar program or when more structured care is needed if psychiatric symptoms worsen but daily treatment is unnecessary. SOP provides comprehensive outpatient services for adults experiencing psychiatric problems that can be managed by attending three or less days a week of structure supportive treatment that is four hours in duration. Individual/Group therapy, psychiatric evaluation and medication management services are provided as well as transportation, lunch and snacks. The goal of the program is to assist participants at: (1) avoid decompensation related to an exacerbation of psychiatric symptoms that would otherwise require PHP level or higher services, (2) establishing and maintaining a plan for ongoing recovery.
Benefits:
- Avoid need for PHP services through early intervention
- Attend treatment while living at home
- Develop coping skills for maintaining in community
- Understanding and accepting your diagnosis
- Management of side effects of medications
- Learn problem solving and conflict management skills
- Improve life skills and activities of daily living
Individualized treatment plan is developed for each participant which addressed the medical, psychiatric, psychological and social needs of the individual at their level of care. The comprehensive treatment program includes:
- Complete medical, psychiatric, psychological evaluation
- Bi-weekly psychiatric assessment by attending psychiatrist
- Bi-monthly individual psychotherapy
- Daily group psychotherapy
- Evaluation and management of psychiatric medications
- Community resources need assessment and coordination
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