Care setting overview
Partial Hospitalization & Intensive Outpatient Services
BH-PHPTime-limited, structured treatment that supports stabilization, functional recovery, skills practice, medication management, and a safe transition between levels of care.
- Care model
- Structured day treatment and step-down psychiatric care
- Typical pace
- Frequent multidisciplinary treatment with daily or near-daily clinical contact
- Population
- Patients who need more support than routine outpatient care but do not require 24-hour hospitalization
Common presentations
- Mood, anxiety, trauma-related, psychotic, and personality-disorder symptoms
- Recent hospitalization or crisis requiring continued structure
- Functional decline requiring coordinated group, individual, and medication treatment
PMHNP priorities
- Confirm that the program intensity matches current risk and function
- Coordinate measurable daily treatment goals across disciplines
- Plan early for step-down care, medication access, and relapse prevention
Care team
PMHNPs, psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, peer specialists, and outpatient partners