Adult Partial Hospitalization Program

The Adult Partial Hospitalization Program (APHP) is a treatment program that provides mental healthcare to adults, age 18 or older, who have behavioral, psychiatric and/or neuropsychiatric difficulties.

The program offers a comprehensive range of services, including multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment, a highly structured milieu and coordination of continuing care needs.

The purpose of a partial hospitalization program is to prevent  psychiatric hospitalization, and/or provide an extended period of restabilization after an inpatient stay. The APHP provides adults with thorough evaluation and treatment planning, medication management, psychoeducation and family counseling as indicated. Members of the program enjoy being with others in group therapy.

Admission Criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Emotional or psychiatric symptoms that are severe enough to require intensive treatment to restore function
• Not actively suicidal or homicidal

Program Components

The APHP provides a time-limited, therapeutic intervention designed to restore and maintain a maximum level of functioning. The comprehensive therapeutic services described below are available in a pleasant setting convenient to Manatee County residents.

Clinical Evaluations

• Individual assessments
• Psychiatric and psychopharmacological assessments
• Neurobehavioral assessment and consultation

Clinical Treatment

• Individual therapy
• Therapeutic milieu and structured group program
  • Psychoeducation
  • Expressive therapies: art, music, movement
  • Group psychotherapy
• Medication management
• Regular visits with psychiatrist
• Case management and discharge planning
• Family counseling

Clients may attend up to five days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Transportation is available.