Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Programs: Spring harbor hospital located in westbrook, maine, spring harbor hospital is southern maine's only nonprofit, private psychiatric hospital providing comprehensive inpatient services for individuals who experience acute mental illness or dual disorders issues. Our facility, licensed for 100 beds, is set on 50 private acres in greater portland and offers children, adolescents, and adults a comfortable and pleasant environment for psychiatric treatment. We provide 24-hour information and referral, voluntary and involuntary hospitalization and comprehensive discharge planning. (continued at schedule o) (continued from part iii, line 4a) as part of the mainehealth system, and a division of maine behavioral healthcare, spring harbor is clinically integrated with mental health providers, hospitals and primary care sites to ensure easy and timely access to treatment and safe and effective transitions between services. Through a unique collaboration with maine medical center, spring harbor is able to offer the most complete array of psychiatric treatment, physician- training, and medical-research programs north of boston. Inpatient services our inpatient programs for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults provide hope for those who suffer from a variety of mental illnesses or co-occurring disorders. Many of our hospital patients experience serious depression and/or anxiety and may exhibit suicidal tendencies or aggression toward peers, family members, coworkers, or school personnel. That is why our services are provided on secure treatment units by multidisciplinary treatment teams who specialize in psychiatric and co-occurring disorders. Developmental disorders program produces the highest quality treatment outcomes through a combination of expert programming, specially trained caregivers, and the individual potential of each patient. The developmental disorders program is the only hospital program in maine where children with a developmental disorder, such as autism or mental retardation, can receive intensive treatment for aggression, self-injury, impairment in functioning, and mental health challenges. Children in the program receive educational services from spring harbor academy, a private, special-purpose school located at the hospital. Each student receives developmentally appropriate educational programming. The child's current individual education plan (iep) is followed, and ongoing educational needs are assessed through the iep team process. Spring harbor academy also works with the child's home school to ensure the student's successful transition after leaving the hospital.

outpatient mental health and substance abuse therapy our outpatient counseling services provide individuals, couples and families struggling with a wide variety of personal and family issues with high-quality, innovative therapeutic treatment by licensed clinicians. We also provide specialized treatment for those with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse issues. Our therapists, in collaboration with case managers, physicians and nurse practitioners, have helped thousands of people recover from mild, short-term emotional and psychological difficulties, as well as to successfully manage severe and chronic mental illness. (continued at schedule o) (continued from part iii, line 4b) maine behavioral healthcare provides a full range of substance abuxe treatment services for adults, adolescents and families. Our licensed professionals focus on helping people examine their relationships with alcohol and drugs and develop healthy, fulfilling lives.

psychiatry maine behavioral healthcare is the leading provider of psychiatric care in maine. Our comprehensive system of care reaches across the state at convenient community treatment centers, at spring harbor hospital, and at our partner hospitals: maine medical center department of psychiatry, southern maine health care behavioral health services and at pen bay medical center's parc unit. Trained, board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners, provide assessments, medication management, and treatment for both children, adolescents and adults. Our psychiatry professionals work collaboratively with counselors and case managers to provide coordinated care through (continued at schedule o) (continued from part iii, line 4c) such areas as child psychiatry, depression counseling, and geriatric psychiatry, as well as a variety of other mental health services.

in addition to our three largest programs, maine behavioral healthcare offers many other programs to provide a full spectrum of care. Here is a brief description of some of these important services: case management services case management for adults, also called community integration, is a mainecare funded support service designed to improve the quality of life for individuals who have behavioral health or special developmental needs. Case managers determine the person's strength and needs and then help identify and access resources and services to promote independence and integration in the community. We work with our clients to develop treatment plans that meet the goals they identify, and then develop action steps with them to assist in achieving their goals. Our full range of services are tailored to each individual's needs and include mobile outreach, client advocacy, maintenance of basic living needs, assessment of benefits, and linking and monitoring services. We can help adults thrive at home, at work and in their communities by: -connecting with natural supports and community resources. -helping navigate the systems of behavioral and medical care. -coordinating services and streamlining communication between multiple providers. -developing and monitoring individualized service plans. Targeted case management for children and adolescents (up to age 20) is a mainecare funded service to support mental or behavioral health needs. Working closely with families, the case manager determines the child's strengths and needs and then helps identify and access resources and services in the community. The goal is to help the child or adolescent thrive in the home, school and community. Targeted case management is grounded in the wraparound process, a highly individualized planning process aimed at helping people meet their unmet needs both within and outside of the formal social service system. Wraparound is a holistic process that meets needs across a wide range of life domains. Behavioral health homes are a mainecare service designed to help people with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and lung disease manage their mental and physical health needs together. This specialty service helps people address all of their health needs by collaborating with their doctor and arranging services. Case managers work with the individual, a nurse, a clinical team leader and a peer support specialist to provide a whole person integrated approach. The behavioral health home team and primary care providers work together to improve health. Developmental disorders program for children children in the developmental disorders program at spring harbor hospital receive educational services from spring harbor academy, a private, special-purpose school located at the hospital. Each student receives developmentally appropriate educational programming. The child's current individual education plan (iep) is followed, and ongoing educational needs are assessed through the iep team process. Spring harbor academy also works with the child's home school to ensure the student's successful transition after leaving the hospital. An extension of the developmental disorders program at spring harbor is our center for autism and developmental disorders (cadd), an outpatient clinic, offering maine children, adolescents and their families a comprehensive, coordinated day treatment program with primary care consultation. Each child receives an assessment to identify target behaviors, mental health needs and developmental challenges. The evaluation explores psychiatric, speech, occupational, medical, family and environmental factors that may be contributing to the problems. Crisis services we serve individuals experiencing an acute behavioral health emergency, along with support for their families. These include a 24/7 crisis hotline, mobile response services, crisis response services and a crisis stabilization unit, a short-term alternative to hospitalization. Assertive community treatment (act) adult act is an intensive community based (outpatient) treatment program with a multi-disciplinary team of providers that supports mainecare eligible adults who may have a major mental illness diagnosis and often co-occurring disorders. The goal of the act program is to improve the client's functioning in the least restrictive setting, while strengthening family, work, school and community ties. The client has access to support 24/7 for crisis needs. The act program is based on national standards and is intended to prevent psychiatric hospitalization and criminal justice involvement. Child act strives to keep each child in the least-restrictive setting, reducing hospitalizations, mental health-related emergency room visits, and crisis unit stays. Act accomplishes this by providing services within the home, along with 24-hour crisis support. Act teams generally see clients and their families a minimum of two times per week, with the number of visits based on each client's individual needs. Act works in the child's natural environment, collaborating with schools, the legal system, and others for personalized support. Residential maine behavioral healthcare provides a variety of residential treatment options for adults with mental illness, ranging from the least intensive community rehabilitation apartment programs to the most intensive group home setting. Research shows that community and supported living can be an important step in the recovery process. Our residences are located in york and knox counties and staffed by trained 24/7 residential care professionals. Outpatient services our licensed clinicians provide compassionate, high-quality care including case management, outpatient therapy, substance abuse, and a range of community and home-based treatment services for adults and families who may be experiencing life stresses, transitions, or other behavioral health issues. Clinicians work closely with our psychiatry staff and nurse practitioners to provide integrated treatment. Behavioral health integration behavioral health is an important component of overall comprehensive care. In partnership with mainehealth and its hospital members, maine behavioral healthcare has integrated over 40 clinicians in more than 50 primary care and specialty medical care practices, from waldo county to york county, with the overall aim of improving the mind-body connection.