Are you struggling with addiction or a mental disorder creating chaos in your life, but you don’t think you need to commit to an inpatient hospitalization? Inpatient hospitalizations are well-known in the psychiatric world but aren’t the right fit for everyone. Let’s explore and see if partial hospitalization is right for you.

What Is It?

A partial hospitalization program, or PHP, is an alternative non-inpatient program for mental or behavioral health treatment. It’s a step down from inpatient treatment and can be used to avoid the need for an inpatient hospital stay. It’s also known as day treatment because it’s a program of long day sessions, six to eight hours, where you’ll go home instead of staying at a facility at the end of the day. They provide you with flexibility and are less strict than inpatient programs.

Why Choose Partial Hospitalization?

The purpose of a partial hospitalization program is to arm you with the skills needed to manage triggers effectively. This program might be the right fit for you if:

• You are medically stable.
• You’re not at risk of harming yourself or others.
• You’re finding difficulty functioning at work, school, or other occupations.
• You have adequate support at home.
• You’re experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Affordability

If you’ve been putting off inpatient treatment because it’s out of your price range, then look into partial hospitalization. Insurance companies are more inclined to partial hospitalization programs over inpatient hospitalizations.

Easy Transitions

These programs make transitioning into recovery less challenging. You’re learning effective ways to manage your stress and triggers while at treatment and then using these coping skills in society every day since you’re allowed to go home in the evening.

What To Expect

Each program is a bit different, but most will include the following:

• A structured daily schedule
• Addiction therapy
• Dual diagnosis treatments for co-existing disorders

The partial hospitalization program at Chapman House in Orange County, California, provides individualized treatment based on a patient’s substance abuse history, along with family history and medical conditions. It’s never easy to admit you might have an issue, but realization is the first step to finding out if partial hospitalization could be right for you.

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