-Food addiction treatment in-patient
Hospitalization
Serious physical illness may require in-patient hospitalization not
only because the hospital provides round-the-clock care
but also because it can offer all the complex therapies
that a patient might need. Some comprehensive mental
hospitals provide an enriched program of therapies. Patients
at expensive private hospitals may receive psychotherapy,
drug therapy, and active social, educational,
and recreational programs.
The' budgets of most state
hospitals do not permit such varied fare. As a result,
many patients in state hospitals receive drugs but few
psychological therapies, and live in a relatively impoverished,
un-stimulating social environment. This is unfortunate
because a hospital can be a place that helps a
person cope with a crisis and experience personal
growth.
No matter what kind of hospital is available, the
major reasons for addiction & psychiatric hospitalization are as follows.
Thought or behavior that poses a threat to self or
others.
Identify the specific unique areas for change and support
in concrete terms for each individual.
Prepare residents and significant-others to live in mutually
supportive ways in the community through pre-release
training and scheduled aftercare.
When no significant other exists train and release residents
in groups of 2-3 as a family to provide significant impact on
others and for one another.
The effectiveness of a hospital for food addiction depends on the
needs of its residents, the quality and scope of its' programs,
the community and family resources available,
to' the patient. Because of variations in all of these
yes, it is not surprising that there are strong
differences of opinion about the effectiveness of hospitalization.
When all factors are considered, it seems reason-able
to I conclude that some severely disturbed, people
can benefit from life in a socially active, therapeutic hospital.
The precise percentage of currently institutionalized
individuals who might benefit from this experience
is very difficult to estimate.
If a ward is run mainly to satisfy the staff, or if a
latent goal of the hospital is to maintain order and stability
in the institution, the patients get the message. No
therapy takes, place because patients' behavior is aimed
at minimizing conflict with the system and disruption
of routine.
An unfortunate hospitalization is a special kind of
experience whose mark may be visible long after its
completion. It can increase patients' sense that they bear
a stigma and make it easy for them to acquire "sick
roles"-that is, to come to see themselves as sick people
who will always have to be taken care of. It can also
lead to a weakening of social and work skills. When
these things happen, patients become less able to function
in the community.
When complete hospitalization is not required
partial hospitalization may be employed.
This may include either day or night hospitalization
and, perhaps, evening and weekend care in the hospital.
Day hospitals are used to provide treatment for
patients who' can live at home but need the structure
and social interaction available in the treatment center.
Day hospitals also allow members of the patients' families
to function more normally because they can carry
on their usual activities during the day. Day hospitals
often concentrate on teaching social and interpersonal
behaviors as well as helping patients learn practical skills
such as how to use the bus system or a pay telephone.
They may also include training in basic work skills so
that patients can get jobs in sheltered workshops that
will provide the satisfaction of doing useful work and
some payment as well.
Evening, night, and weekend programs are designed
primarily to help hospitalized patients make the
transition from the hospital to the community. Such
programs are especially useful for people who are able
to return to their jobs, schools, or training programs
but do .not have adequate family or social supports to
go from inpatient to outpatient status without a partially
protected transition period. The concept of night
hospitals has gained some acceptance, but relatively few
such hospitals have been established on a formal basis.
Over the past few decades' hospitalizations have
become less frequent while the use of outpatient services
has mushroomed. Patients are being discharged after
shorter periods of hospitalization, largely because of the
effectiveness of psychoactive drugs and an increase in
efforts to return patients to the community as quickly as
possible. This deinstitutionalization process can be a
boon to personal development if the individual has a
good place to live, sufficient social support, and supervision
when needed. Unfortunately, many people who
have been discharged from mental hospitals live in
rushed rooms in undesirable neighborhoods, are socially
isolated, and receive little professional help beyond brief
contacts with physicians who prescribe antipsychotic
drugs.
The lack of adequate care in the community for
chronic mental patients has contributed to the large
numbers of homeless people in American cities.
Thousands of deinstitutionalized people
have nowhere to live. They wander about city centers,
sleep where they can, and carry their belongings with
them. While the problem of homelessness is complex,
the "dumping" of deinstitutionalized people' on a community
only contributes to human misery.
Note:
The "dumping" of chronic mental patients on communities with
inadequate clinical and rehabilitation programs contributes to the
problem of homelessness.
Serious physical illness may require in-patient hospitalization not
only because the hospital provides round-the-clock care
but also because it can offer all the complex therapies
that a patient might need. Some comprehensive mental
hospitals provide an enriched program of therapies. Patients
at expensive private hospitals may receive psychotherapy,
drug therapy, and active social, educational,
and recreational programs.
The' budgets of most state
hospitals do not permit such varied fare. As a result,
many patients in state hospitals receive drugs but few
psychological therapies, and live in a relatively impoverished,
un-stimulating social environment. This is unfortunate
because a hospital can be a place that helps a
person cope with a crisis and experience personal
growth.
No matter what kind of hospital is available, the
major reasons for addiction & psychiatric hospitalization are as follows.
Thought or behavior that poses a threat to self or
others.
Identify the specific unique areas for change and support
in concrete terms for each individual.
Prepare residents and significant-others to live in mutually
supportive ways in the community through pre-release
training and scheduled aftercare.
When no significant other exists train and release residents
in groups of 2-3 as a family to provide significant impact on
others and for one another.
The effectiveness of a hospital for food addiction depends on the
needs of its residents, the quality and scope of its' programs,
the community and family resources available,
to' the patient. Because of variations in all of these
yes, it is not surprising that there are strong
differences of opinion about the effectiveness of hospitalization.
When all factors are considered, it seems reason-able
to I conclude that some severely disturbed, people
can benefit from life in a socially active, therapeutic hospital.
The precise percentage of currently institutionalized
individuals who might benefit from this experience
is very difficult to estimate.
If a ward is run mainly to satisfy the staff, or if a
latent goal of the hospital is to maintain order and stability
in the institution, the patients get the message. No
therapy takes, place because patients' behavior is aimed
at minimizing conflict with the system and disruption
of routine.
An unfortunate hospitalization is a special kind of
experience whose mark may be visible long after its
completion. It can increase patients' sense that they bear
a stigma and make it easy for them to acquire "sick
roles"-that is, to come to see themselves as sick people
who will always have to be taken care of. It can also
lead to a weakening of social and work skills. When
these things happen, patients become less able to function
in the community.
When complete hospitalization is not required
partial hospitalization may be employed.
This may include either day or night hospitalization
and, perhaps, evening and weekend care in the hospital.
Day hospitals are used to provide treatment for
patients who' can live at home but need the structure
and social interaction available in the treatment center.
Day hospitals also allow members of the patients' families
to function more normally because they can carry
on their usual activities during the day. Day hospitals
often concentrate on teaching social and interpersonal
behaviors as well as helping patients learn practical skills
such as how to use the bus system or a pay telephone.
They may also include training in basic work skills so
that patients can get jobs in sheltered workshops that
will provide the satisfaction of doing useful work and
some payment as well.
Evening, night, and weekend programs are designed
primarily to help hospitalized patients make the
transition from the hospital to the community. Such
programs are especially useful for people who are able
to return to their jobs, schools, or training programs
but do .not have adequate family or social supports to
go from inpatient to outpatient status without a partially
protected transition period. The concept of night
hospitals has gained some acceptance, but relatively few
such hospitals have been established on a formal basis.
Over the past few decades' hospitalizations have
become less frequent while the use of outpatient services
has mushroomed. Patients are being discharged after
shorter periods of hospitalization, largely because of the
effectiveness of psychoactive drugs and an increase in
efforts to return patients to the community as quickly as
possible. This deinstitutionalization process can be a
boon to personal development if the individual has a
good place to live, sufficient social support, and supervision
when needed. Unfortunately, many people who
have been discharged from mental hospitals live in
rushed rooms in undesirable neighborhoods, are socially
isolated, and receive little professional help beyond brief
contacts with physicians who prescribe antipsychotic
drugs.
The lack of adequate care in the community for
chronic mental patients has contributed to the large
numbers of homeless people in American cities.
Thousands of deinstitutionalized people
have nowhere to live. They wander about city centers,
sleep where they can, and carry their belongings with
them. While the problem of homelessness is complex,
the "dumping" of deinstitutionalized people' on a community
only contributes to human misery.
Note:
The "dumping" of chronic mental patients on communities with
inadequate clinical and rehabilitation programs contributes to the
problem of homelessness.
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