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Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program
Edmund C. Neuhaus, PhD, Director (617) 855-3669
Eliza Menninger, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Charge (617) 855-3698
Joe Flores, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Charge (617) 855-2311
Lynne Kopeski, MSN, RN, CS, Nurse Director (617) 855-2187
Annmarie McCarthy, RN, Clinical Coordinator (617) 855-2983
The Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program at McLean Hospital is designed to help individuals with psychiatric illness cope with life circumstances, improve their ability to function and enhance their quality of life. The program may be utilized as a step-down transition from acute inpatient care or as an alternative to inpatient treatment. Persons attending the program may also participate in other McLean services, including the Transitional Living Center and other outpatient services, such as substance abuse groups.
Services
- Evaluation and consultation services to clarify diagnosis. and determine optimal treatment interventions.
- Case management and aftercare planning.
- Comprehensive, skills-based group therapy program.
- Individual skills-training emphasizing cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and life-skills training.
- Pre-vocational rehabilitation and vocational counseling.
- Medication consultation and treatment.
The program helps patients
- Learn about their illness and best treatment options (psychoeducation).
- Learn practical skills to manage problematic behaviors and painful feelings that inhibit progress.
- Improve self-assessment skills to anticipate problems and learn healthy alternatives.
- Improve interpersonal functioning.
Speciality program tracks
- The Mood and Anxiety Program (MAP) specializes in treating depressive and bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders and personality disorders.
- The Borderline Specialty Program offers the most current short-term (one to four weeks) partial hospital treatment for persons with borderline personality disorder.
- Enhanced services for Borderline Personality Disorder are available through the Borderline Center. The additional services are not covered by insurance.
- The Borderline Specialty Program offers the most current short-term (one to three weeks) and extended care (four to eight weeks) treatments for persons with borderline personality disorder.
- The General Adult Psychiatry (GAP) Program treats bipolar and psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, as well as other psychotic disorders that are not easily classifiable.
All three specialty programs use a multidisciplinary, multi-model treatment approach that is integrated with other levels of care available at McLean. Each program provides intensive treatment for patients returning to the community, but who still have significant unresolved treatment issues inhibiting their success to function independently.
Research and Quality Improvement
Ongoing research studies aim to improve treatment effectiveness and the lasting benefits of treatment after discharge.
Information
For further information, call 617.855.3286, Monday through Friday. McLean accepts Medicare, Massachusetts Medicaid, Blue Cross, and many other private insurance plans. The hospital also has working arrangements with many other managed care companies. Insurance coverage may be limited for some services, especially for longer-term partial hospital treatment and residential services.
About McLean Hospital
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks McLean Hospital the nation's top psychiatric hospital. McLean is the largest psychiatric clinical care, teaching and research facility of Harvard Medical School, an affiliate of the Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of Partners HealthCare.