Ocean Behavioral Hospital Lubbock works to fill in mental health gaps with a new program – KCBD

Lubbock, Texas (KCBD) – The Hospital of Oceans’ Hospital works to fill what its leaders call it a precipice in mental health resources in the southern plains, with a new partial hospitalization program.

Last year’s Mental Health Report America shows that the Texas condition is last ranked in the country for overall access to care for mental health. That is why market development director Kelsey Jordan says that the behavioral hospital of the oceans hopes to provide a better variety of care for those who are fighting.

“It’s a mental health desert, so we were so excited to expand this,” Jordan said. “I think we are growing and seeing more and more in need of different levels of mental health. As I think people fall through the cracks left and right, and the more resources we have, the more diversity of resources we have can really help to catch these people. “

Part of this variety includes the new partial hospitalization program. The program focuses on the treatment of adults who manage depression, anxiety, PTSR and other challenges to mental health that do not require constant supervision of stationary care. Patients visit the hospital about four hours a day, five days a week, for group therapy and psychiatric visits.

Jordan says the program is ideal for people who should prioritize their mental health while living at home and maintaining their daily procedures.

“Stay here for four or five hours that day and then go home. You can apply those skills you have learned this day in your life, “Jordan said. “And if it doesn’t work, then you return the next day and we work on something else. Or if he worked, it’s a big progress. “

Jordan says patient care is needed when there is a crisis, but then she says people need a few weeks to continue working on these skills before they can switch to a completely outpatient pacific. In this way, they can avoid another crisis in the future.

“It takes time to develop them and master these skills. It doesn’t just happen overnight, “she said. “It was as if you were doing physical therapy for a broken leg. Not just heals; It takes time to fix it. I think we must give this patience to our mental health. “

Patients may enter the partial hospitalization program after care for hospital care at the Ocean Behavioral Hospital, through a doctor for a doctor, or by calling the hospital to check that they meet the criteria.

The hospital also expanded by adding an intensive outpatient program for adolescents aged 13-17 years. Eligible teenagers can go to the facility for about three hours, four nights a week, for group sessions and get other care.

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