Types of Mental Hospitals

Psychiatric Hospitals

Modern mental hospitals, once known as lunatic asylums have evolved into more organised institutions to help inthe treatment of people suffering from serious mental disorders. Once, in such places, patients were treated with horrible practices. Patients were seen as insane and treatment was based on restraining them and containing them from the 'normal' people on the outside.

Nowadays, patients being committed to mental hospitals will be treated very differently, with a whole different approach. Some patients are admitted on a voluntary basis, knowing and admitting that they need help. Others will be involuntary admmitted, as an individual may pose a significant danger to others, or themselves.

There is a variety of types of mental hospitals. Depending on the severity of a patient's mental illness and problems. Different institutes specialize in a range of support for patients. Some deal with only short-term care, others a more permanent fixture.

Suffering from any form of psychological disorder patients will require help with dealing with their problems within a controlled environment. The key goal of mental hospitals is to help a patient fully recover, or to help equipped them with the skills of handling their disorder better on the outside. Through the use of treatment, involving a combination of psychiatric drugs and psychotherapy.

Crisis Stabilization Unit

A patient will be committed here in the event of acting violent, suicidal, or any other critical behaviour. In a lot of cases, patients do not show any visible signs of injury or illness and are often just seeking attention.

This is basically an emergency room for psychiatry. Here, patients can receive prompt action, gentle response and effective support from mental health professionals within a respectful environment.

Emergency psychiatry is usually only a short-term basis, however, in the event of needing more care, a long-termstay is provided. Mental health professionals will access and evaluate each patient to determine the most appropriate level of care for that individual. If the patient has been involuntary committed and is unable to consent they will need to require a commitment order.

The goal of this type of institute, with the use of medication and psychiatric consultation when necessary, is to help work with patients to design plans of action to prevent future crises. Professionals will supply help on education on nutrition, coping skills, signs and symptoms of relapse, relapse prevention and medication management and education. They will encourage family members of the patient to be involved in the process.

Open Units

Open units are focused on making life for patients as normal and bearable as possible. Patients will continue treatment to the point where they can be discharged. Some open units are left unlocked, but it depends on the type of patients that are admitted. The majority of the time, patients are not allowed to hold their own medications in their rooms because of impulsive overdose risks.

Medium-Term

Psychiatric hospitals of this type may specialize in short-term care. Most institutions provide care which lasts several weeks, this is because most psychiatric drugs take several weeks to take effect. The main purpose simply being to monitor patients for the first few weeks to make sure the treatment is effective. Some specialize in temporary or permanent care of patients who require routine assistance, treatment or a controlled environment for whose who suffer from on-going psychological disorders. Low-risk patients can undergo outpatient therapy. Patients can be admitted on a voluntary basis, but in the case of danger to themselves or others, patients will be involuntarily admitted.

Juvenile Wards

These wards are a part of a psychiatric hospital that is sectioned off for children and adolescents suffering from a mental disorder. Thereis also a number of institutions that only specialize in treating juveniles, especially when dealing with eating disorders, self-harm, or drug abuse. Adolescent units allow patients to take a break from their lives and be taken care of and treated by trained staff. The stay can be for a few days, or could be a few months, depending on the problems the patient is suffering from. Each patient will talk to a psychiatrist and may be given medication.

Long-Term

Long-term hospitals provide stabilization and rehabilitation for patients suffering from a variety of difficulties, such as mental disorders, depression, eating disorders, drug abuse, etc. They aim to help patients reintegrate into society once medication has stabilized the condition,within two or three years. Often if a patient has still not reached their goal within that time, they will be referred to another type of hospital in order to retain this role. However, the majority of long-term hospitals are being replaced with smaller secure units, some of which are within other types of psychiatric hospitals.

Halfway Houses

A halfway house is a community based institution for mental patients or substance abusers, who no longer require the complete facilities of another institution, but who are not yet ready to return to their normal lives. Although many lack sufficient funding they are deemed to be one of the most important parts of the mental health system. Patients are provided with assisted living for an extended period of time, and often aided in the transition of self-sufficiency.

Secure Units

Secure units are hospitals run by the Nation Health Service. Patients will be assessed by psychiatrists and will be provided with treatment and accommodation in a safe environment away from the public.

There are three main categories that the hospital facilities are divided into. They are referred to as High, Medium and Low Secure. Low Secure units are often referred to as Local Secure. This is because the patients mostly referred there are sent by local criminal courts for psychiatric assessment before sentencing.

Their aim is to rehabilitate patients and integrate them back into society through providing individual treatment. Overcoming the patient's problem areas and identifying their needs with the care teams. They will learn to develop trusting and genuine therapeutic relationships within a safe and contained environment. They will learn to overcome challenges, develop self-confidence and self-esteem, recognise individual strengths and abilities. They will learn to be independent for recovery to continue on the outside.

Psychiatric Hospitals

Modern mental hospitals, once known as lunatic asylums have evolved into more organised institutions to help inthe treatment of people suffering from serious mental disorders. Once, in such places, patients were treated with horrible practices. Patients were seen as insane and treatment was based on restraining them and containing them from the 'normal' people on the outside.

Nowadays, patients being committed to mental hospitals will be treated very differently, with a whole different approach. Some patients are admitted on a voluntary basis, knowing and admitting that they need help. Others will be involuntary admmitted, as an individual may pose a significant danger to others, or themselves.

There is a variety of types of mental hospitals. Depending on the severity of a patient's mental illness and problems. Different institutes specialize in a range of support for patients. Some deal with only short-term care, others a more permanent fixture.

Suffering from any form of psychological disorder patients will require help with dealing with their problems within a controlled environment. The key goal of mental hospitals is to help a patient fully recover, or to help equipped them with the skills of handling their disorder better on the outside. Through the use of treatment, involving a combination of psychiatric drugs and psychotherapy.

Crisis Stabilization Unit

A patient will be committed here in the event of acting violent, suicidal, or any other critical behaviour. In a lot of cases, patients do not show any visible signs of injury or illness and are often just seeking attention.

This is basically an emergency room for psychiatry. Here, patients can receive prompt action, gentle response and effective support from mental health professionals within a respectful environment.

Emergency psychiatry is usually only a short-term basis, however, in the event of needing more care, a long-termstay is provided. Mental health professionals will access and evaluate each patient to determine the most appropriate level of care for that individual. If the patient has been involuntary committed and is unable to consent they will need to require a commitment order.

The goal of this type of institute, with the use of medication and psychiatric consultation when necessary, is to help work with patients to design plans of action to prevent future crises. Professionals will supply help on education on nutrition, coping skills, signs and symptoms of relapse, relapse prevention and medication management and education. They will encourage family members of the patient to be involved in the process.

Open Units

Open units are focused on making life for patients as normal and bearable as possible. Patients will continue treatment to the point where they can be discharged. Some open units are left unlocked, but it depends on the type of patients that are admitted. The majority of the time, patients are not allowed to hold their own medications in their rooms because of impulsive overdose risks.

Medium-Term

Psychiatric hospitals of this type may specialize in short-term care. Most institutions provide care which lasts several weeks, this is because most psychiatric drugs take several weeks to take effect. The main purpose simply being to monitor patients for the first few weeks to make sure the treatment is effective. Some specialize in temporary or permanent care of patients who require routine assistance, treatment or a controlled environment for whose who suffer from on-going psychological disorders. Low-risk patients can undergo outpatient therapy. Patients can be admitted on a voluntary basis, but in the case of danger to themselves or others, patients will be involuntarily admitted.

Juvenile Wards

These wards are a part of a psychiatric hospital that is sectioned off for children and adolescents suffering from a mental disorder. Thereis also a number of institutions that only specialize in treating juveniles, especially when dealing with eating disorders, self-harm, or drug abuse. Adolescent units allow patients to take a break from their lives and be taken care of and treated by trained staff. The stay can be for a few days, or could be a few months, depending on the problems the patient is suffering from. Each patient will talk to a psychiatrist and may be given medication.

Long-Term

Long-term hospitals provide stabilization and rehabilitation for patients suffering from a variety of difficulties, such as mental disorders, depression, eating disorders, drug abuse, etc. They aim to help patients reintegrate into society once medication has stabilized the condition,within two or three years. Often if a patient has still not reached their goal within that time, they will be referred to another type of hospital in order to retain this role. However, the majority of long-term hospitals are being replaced with smaller secure units, some of which are within other types of psychiatric hospitals.

Halfway Houses

A halfway house is a community based institution for mental patients or substance abusers, who no longer require the complete facilities of another institution, but who are not yet ready to return to their normal lives. Although many lack sufficient funding they are deemed to be one of the most important parts of the mental health system. Patients are provided with assisted living for an extended period of time, and often aided in the transition of self-sufficiency.

Secure Units

Secure units are hospitals run by the Nation Health Service. Patients will be assessed by psychiatrists and will be provided with treatment and accommodation in a safe environment away from the public.

There are three main categories that the hospital facilities are divided into. They are referred to as High, Medium and Low Secure. Low Secure units are often referred to as Local Secure. This is because the patients mostly referred there are sent by local criminal courts for psychiatric assessment before sentencing.

Their aim is to rehabilitate patients and integrate them back into society through providing individual treatment. Overcoming the patient's problem areas and identifying their needs with the care teams. They will learn to develop trusting and genuine therapeutic relationships within a safe and contained environment. They will learn to overcome challenges, develop self-confidence and self-esteem, recognise individual strengths and abilities. They will learn to be independent for recovery to continue on the outside.

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