Adults > Outpatient Services
The adult outpatient programs at RiverWoods Behavioral Health System provide treatment to patients at critical transitional phases in their recovery process. Outpatient programs are utilized to foster growth in clients that require a step-down program after they have completed inpatient stabilization, as this is often the most tenuous time in treatment. The programs can also be utilized as a step-up program when just routine care in the community is not intense enough to offer a positive, stable support system.
The outpatient programs are broken up into two different levels of care which are Partial Hospitalization Programming (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programming (IOP). These two programs are further broken down into three separate tracks which are psychiatric/mental health, addictive disease, and dual diagnosis. The different levels of care assure we can find a program that will be suitable to meet the patient's individual needs.
Partial Hospitalization Programming, the more intensive of the two outpatient programs, allows patients to attend a 5 or 7 day treatment regimen and runs between the hours of 9a.m. and 3:15p.m. The typical length of stay in the program ranges from 2-4 weeks depending on progress. All patients enrolled in PHP will attend 4-6 group therapy sessions daily and can receive individual and family sessions as needed. Patients will be under the care of a psychiatrist for medication monitoring throughout the process. While attending PHP, RiverWoods BHS offers the option to stay in our Serenity Village which is a dormitory style lodging component. This eliminates transportation issues to daily treatment and for some can offer a calm and supportive atmosphere when their own environment is a precipitating factor.
Intensive Outpatient Programming, much like PHP, this is a 2-4 week program that is utilized as a transitional step-up or step-down program. IOP is much less restrictive than PHP and offers 5 or 7 day a week programming from 9a.m. to 12p.m and from 5:30p.m until 8:30p.m in the evening. Patients will attend a minimum of 2 group therapy sessions a day. Individual and family therapy can be used throughout the process if deemed beneficial by the therapist. As IOP is therapy based only, patients needing medication monitoring and administration will be assisted by staff to arrange for private psychiatric treatment. IOP offers much more freedom and allows patients to receive the treatment they need while still being able to maintain their daily lives and complicated schedules.
Serenity Village on the RiverWoods Behavioral Health System campus, is a dormitory style recovery residence for patients participating in our partial hospitalization programming for psychiatric and/or addictive diseases. The village was developed to eliminate transportation issues and offer a safe, secure, and sober environment for those who need help while participating in our partial hospitalization program. Our on-site managers are dedicated to the recovery process and will often take patients to community 12 step meetings, volunteer service work, and sober fun activities. They work with patients to help foster strength, motivation, and a healthy decision making mentality.
While staying at Serenity Village, patients are provided three meals a day along with their room and board. Village residents are offered the opportunity to attend our seven day a week programming schedule. In addition to normally scheduled groups, patients receiving treatment for addiction are required to obtain a sponsor and attend 12 step meetings daily.
*Patients are responsible for purchasing their own medication while in the lodge.
*Any and all addictive substances are prohibited in the lodge. This includes substances deemed addictive by staff including those prescribed by a doctor i.e. Valium, Xanax, Loratab, Percocet, etc.
