Acute Inpatient Care

Acute inpatient hospitalization occurs only with a physician's order for conditions that cannot be safely or effectively treated on an outpatient basis. It is the most intensive level of care offered and provides 24 hour skilled nursing observation and care, daily interventions and oversight by a psychiatrist, and intensive, highly-coordinated treatment by a physician-led team of mental health professionals. Inpatient hospitalization is always short-term and designed to quickly stabilize the most serious symptoms to allow a quick transition to less-intensive levels of care.

Heritage Oaks Hospital offers acute inpatient care for adults and adolescents ages 13 to 17. Dual Diagnosis programs are available for adults and adolescents with a secondary chemical dependency diagnosis.

Advantages of Acute Inpatient:

• Safe, controlled, structured environment
• 24 hour skilled nursing care
• Intensive physician involvement.
• Physician-led multi-disciplinary treatment team.
• Able to utilize both medication and psychotherapy, as appropriate.
• Medically-supervised detoxification (for alcohol & drugs)
• Intensive treatment not available on an outpatient basis.
• Tutorial-based school program available
• Up to 10 hours of daily programming.
• 7 day a week programming.