Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) & Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) are frequently the step down from inpatient services. Both are outpatient services, but PHP is more intensive that IOP. A PHP typically runs 5 days per week with sessions each day lasting from 4 to 8 hours each day. An IOP is for people who work or go to school and need more than just weekly therapy. An IOP includes individual and group therapy sessions throughout the week. These programs typically run 3 days per week with sessions each day last 2 or 3 hours.
Links to local partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs:
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AHN Outpatient Services
It takes courage to ask for help, especially when emotional or mental illness is making it hard to live your life the way you’d like to. Allegheny Health Network (AHN) provides compassionate, expert care, including psychotherapy and new breakthrough treatments. AHN offers a variety of outpatient care programs and will help you find the one that works for you.
Butler Hospital Adolescent Partial Program
Butler’s Adolescent Partial Program is a level of care designed to serve adolescents, ages 13 to 17, who are struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mood-related symptoms that are seriously impacting function and/or safety but do not require inpatient hospitalization for stabilization.
Mercy Outpatient Mental Health
Finding help for psychological and substance use disorders can seem overwhelming. Mercy helps you navigate the process, guiding you to a customized treatment plan that brings you care in a calming, compassionate environment. Mercy’s outpatient mental health treatment services let you maintain your regular schedule while receiving specialized care.
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital provides many behavioral health services for both children and adults, including inpatient and outpatient treatment options. Our expert doctors, nurses, and staff are specially trained in mental health. We also use the latest research to bring the best analysis, diagnosis, and treatment to your care.
UPMC Child and Adolescent Acute Partial Hospitalization Program (CAAPHP)
The Child and Adolescent Acute Partial Hospitalization Program (CAAPHP) provides an intensity of treatment similar to that available on an inpatient unit, in a less restrictive, community-based setting. This short-term, intensive level of care allows adolescents to benefit from consistent, structured treatment while maintaining their usual living arrangements with their families in their communities. Acute partial hospitalization programs can provide a “step down” level of treatment for adolescents discharged from inpatient programs, or a “step up” level when outpatient treatment is not effectively meeting a child and adolescent’s needs.
Crisis Resources
“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” — Glenn Close
