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Partial hospitalization program (PHP) is a comprehensive program where the patients need not to stay in hospital but has to attend treatment sessions regularly

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Partial hospitalization program (PHP) is a comprehensive program used for the treatment of adults in freeing from the addiction of drugs or any other substance abuses and mental illness. In this program the patient need not to stay in the hospital premises but he has to attend the sessions as consistent as possible.

Partial hospitalization is different fro the ‘partial hospitalization’ where the latter is a day treatment care which may not be associated with any hospital but the former is.

various programs

Partial hospitalization program offer treatment and solution to different types of problems like mental illness, substance abuse, anorexia, schizophrenia and many other disorders.

These programs are also geared for the specific age group like adults, teenagers and children. Specifically children are cared for in their suitable settings like school, home etc.

Uses

Partial hospitalization program helps the patients in several ways like
-Learning the internal problems and best treatment measures
-Learning the skills to control the problems in behavior and feelings that induces drug use
-Education in the self-assessment of one to lead a healthy life
-Also improves social and group cohesiveness

Goals

The goals of the Partial hospitalization program is to facilitate them understand their own problems and cope up with the treatment facilities. It can be accomplished through:
-Stress management
-Group therapy
-Supportive activities
-Nutritional food advice
-Exercises
-Meditation (Yoga)
-Negative thoughts elimination
-Relaxation skills

Results

Patients who undergone this treatment has shown a significant improvement in prevention of drug use, improvement in depressive symptoms, decrease in suicidal thoughts and reduced time in hospital and good interpersonal skill development.