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The Inpatient Psychiatry Services strives to create
and maintain a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment while providing
intensive, individualized care to patients. These services are designed
for adults who need to be hospitalized for a period of time for stabilization
due to a psychiatric illness. The patient, psychiatrist and a multi-disciplinary
treatment team determine the goals of hospitalization.
Goals
- To establish a treatment environment in all
inpatient areas of psychiatry which establishes a norm of nonviolence
and is consistent, respectful, and safe for all clients and staff.
- To continuously improve patient care through
unit and department wide quality monitoring, continuous quality improvement,
and quality planning.
- To provide high quality patient care and education
that assists the patient or their caregiver the knowledge and skills
to maintain or improve their health.
- To maintain flexibility in order to respond
quickly to changing needs of the community and our patients
Inpatient Units
The Inpatient Psychiatric services consist of five
inpatient units, with two of the units being intensive in nature and forensic.
There are a total of 87 psychiatric beds.
The most
frequent diagnoses of the psychiatric patients admitted to inpatient are:
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder, or Major Depression. The various
inpatient areas are adult units serving a culturally diverse population
18 years of age and older.
O8
This is a 20-bed locked unit with two four bed wards and six double
rooms. Many of the patients are involved in some type of legal process:
evaluation of competency; or in the process of possible commitment as
mentally ill.
O8
ICU
This is a 10-bed acute care unit specializing in the most seriously
ill psychiatric patients at HCMC. The unit consists of five double rooms
and two rooms
that may be used for seclusion and/or restraints. The seclusion rooms
are used for emergency purposes. The patients admitted to ICU typically
benefit from a smaller, more controlled environment.
B5
This a 21 bed locked unit with two Quiet Rooms, five private rooms,
two double rooms and four triple rooms.
B2
ITC Unit
This is a 21-bed acute care locked unit. The unit contains two Quiet
Rooms, seven private rooms and seven double patient rooms.
B2
This is a 15-bed locked unit with 5 single rooms and 5 double rooms
Program Services
Various services/groups are offered to inpatients
during their admission including Social
Services, Recreational
Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, Medication Education Group,
Interpersonal Skills group, nursing care plans, medication management,
discharge planning and 1:1 time with the psychiatrist.
Treatment Team
Treatment teams include psychiatrists, residents,
medical students, psychiatric nurses, mental health workers, recreational
therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
Visiting Hours
Weekdays:
12 noon — 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m
Weekends and Holidays:
11:00 a.m. — 8:30 p.m.
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