Partial Hospitalization Program

Also known as PHP (partial hospitalization program), is a type of program used to treat mental illness, addiction, or other serious psychological issues.

In partial hospitalization, the patient continues to reside at home, but commutes to a treatment center up to seven days a week and generally facilitates a minimum of 12 hours a week of programming for addiction treatment.

Partial hospitalization focuses on the overall treatment of the individual and is intended to avert or reduce in-patient hospitalization.

Treatment during a typical day may include group therapy, psych-educational groups, skill building, individual therapy, and psychopharmacological assessments and check-ins.

Programs are available for the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse problems, Alzheimer’s disease, anorexia and bulimia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses. Programs geared specifically toward geriatric patients, adult patients, adolescents, or young children also exist.