Adult Services: 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.

Montevista Hospital offers acute inpatient care for adults, adolescents (ages 13-18), and to children ages 4-12. 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 multidisciplinary treatment team
• Able to utilize both medication and psychotherapy, as appropriate
• Medically supervised detoxification (for alcohol and drugs)
• Intensive treatment not available on an outpatient basis
• Tutorial-based school program available
• Up to 10 hours of daily programming
• Seven day a week programming

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