Partial Hospitalization Program

What Is a Partial Hospitalization Program?

A PHP is an outpatient treatment program. This type of program is more clinically oriented and more intensive than a residential service or intensive outpatient program (IOP). A PHP often requires up to six hours of treatment and supervision every day, up to five or six days per week, under the direction of a psychiatrist or clinical physician. In a PHP, health professionals can provide a coordinated, intensive, and structured service plan to help individuals establish a mentally stable lifestyle free from drugs and alcohol. 

A PHP is developed to give each member complete access to medical and psychiatric services as needed. Daily monitoring is common with a PHP. For those facing challenges with substance use disorder (SUD), psychiatric health conditions, or co-occurring disorders, daily monitoring is not only beneficial but often required.

A Safe Treatment Option While Living at Home

A PHP is primarily for rehabilitation purposes, allowing you to continue the treatments you received during inpatient care. However, if you choose to participate in a PHP, you gain the advantage of being able to reside in your own home. You also may choose to stay in a supportive living environment such as a sober living home. While living in a supportive environment, you can commute to treatment centers to receive the help you need. 

Who Is a Partial Hospitalization Program Best Suited For?

A PHP is designed to assist individuals who are diagnosed with significant impairment. This impairment may be due to psychiatric, behavioral, emotional, or SUDs and or co-occurring health conditions. After an individual completes an acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalization stay, they may benefit from transitioning into a PHP for additional support. 

A PHP can also provide individuals with SUD help to overcome the effects of addiction. The PHP is developed to provide individuals with such conditions with an appropriate diagnosis after stepping down from residential, inpatient, or withdrawal management services to a higher level of treatment. 

In a PHP, you may benefit from different types of therapy approaches, social and family intervention programs, health educational services, or proactive case management services. Such services will help you maintain your usual daily functioning for an easier lifestyle. 

How Can a Partial Hospitalization Program Save Your Life?

According to the journal The Psychiatric Hospital, a PHP works to prevent a mental health or substance relapse. It is important to note that a PHP is not a substitute for inpatient care. However, a PHP can potentially save your life post-treatment by preventing a drug overdose or death by suicide. A PHP may also decrease the length of hospitalization or serve as a transition from inpatient care. The journal Psychiatry reports that a PHP can save your life by providing you with:

• Crisis stabilization
• A time-limited program for flexibility
• A focused and healthy environment 
• Motivation to invest maximum effort
• A better understanding of triggers
• A chance to learn healthy coping behaviors

Moving Forward With Framework Recovery to Save Your Life

Inpatient treatment can come with a whirlwind of emotions. Intense cravings can be distracting and make it difficult to focus on the strategies taught in treatment. A PHP can help you safely organize your thoughts and serve as ongoing emotional and professional support.

Once you complete inpatient treatment, you may not want to continue care. You may not have a choice, however, as it may be required by a mental health professional. Although this can feel defeating, you will find that a PHP can change your life in a positive way. It takes time to see positive changes but is well worth every ounce of effort.

Additional care with a PHP can feel overwhelming at first but can be very beneficial in the long run. The flexibility that comes with outpatient care at Framework Recovery allows you to continue with your basic responsibilities and needs outside of treatment. 

Framework’s Individualized Care Helps You Move Forward

Pet Friendly Treatment

Our founders, Chris Curran and Troy Smith, fully believe that animals can help individuals heal during their recovery journeys by helping them mentally, emotionally, physically and socially improve. This is why animals, like dogs, are used in our therapy sessions. Benefits of animal-assisted therapy include, but are not limited to:

• Increased focus and attention
• Increased ability to care for oneself
• Decreased anxiety
• Enhanced ability to trust and participate in teamwork
• Growth in social skills

Noble, a corgi/border collie mix that is often at the office and lives at home with the clients.

Lucy, an Italian greyhound, and Sedona, a Shiloh Sheperd, help out around our office.

Luna is a trained therapy husky who is often at the office and in therapy sessions/group.

Continuum of Care for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Before a guest is admitted to our recovery program, they may need to safely detox.

Detox is the process of removing harmful substances from a person’s body. Each person has a different experience with detox that is dependent on the type of substance and amount used. This process, when done with medical supervision, can help the person affected safely manage withdrawal symptoms.