Dual Diagnosis
Some individuals experience both substance abuse and psychiatric
disorders and unsuccessful treatment can sometimes be tied to a
lack of comprehensive treatment. At HFC, dually diagnosed patients
are treated in all of our programs. Psychiatrists with dual expertise
are key members of all of our treatment teams, providing services
and directing interventions as indicated.
An initial determination is made which program
– substance abuse or psychiatric - is best, but we have the
ability to transition the individual from one program to the other
as treatment needs change.
Transportation
HFC assists busy parents with transporting their children to our
facilities. In our Partial Day Programs, we provide transportation
for adolescents to and from the facility. In our psychiatric and
substance abuse Intensive Outpatient Programs, we provide transportation
from either school or home to our facility and parents pick up their
children at the end of the treatment evening.
Family
Programs
The needs of the family are always addressed at HFC and are often
a critical factor in successful treatment. Our goal is to help foster
a family system that is supportive of treatment. We provide an opportunity
for the family as a whole to begin to reorganize around more mutually
satisfying and productive interactions.
Our family programs include psycho-education,
support and multi-family therapy. These programs, particularly in
our psychiatric programs, are augmented by individual family sessions
throughout the course of treatment. All family services are provided
at no charge because we know that they are a critical component
to the treatment of many patients and we want no barrier to as much
family participation as possible.
School Component Our adolescent Psychiatric Partial Day
Program includes a school component, so that participants can continue
their studies while receiving the necessary care. Frequently, the
academic studies of these adolescents have suffered because of their
psychiatric problems. Those enrolled in the Partial Day Program
participate in an approved tutoring program, which allows students
to stay active in their schoolwork and obtain credit for school
attendance. Each adolescent receives personalized instruction in
either a one- to-one or very small group setting, based upon a plan
developed under the direction of the student’s home school
“The Intensive Outpatient Program
can be a step-down from the Partial Day Program or serve as
the primary treatment program for those individuals with somewhat
less severe problems.”
“The Partial Day Program includes
a school component provided by a state approved agency. Teachers
coordinate assignments and curriculum with the student’s
home district to minimize the disruption to the adolescent’s
studies.”
