Blended Program Offers More Specialized, Expanded Services
Brown University Health has brought together its adult partial hospital programs at Newport and Rhode Island Hospitals to form the Brown University Health Partial Hospital Program. Fully virtual, the evidence-based treatment delivers intensive, short-term mental health care to adults across Southeastern New England.
In combining the programs, Brown Health is able to offer enhanced individualized care and additional high-quality treatment options for patients accessing the system’s multidisciplinary psychiatric care. The blended treatment addresses a wide range of patient concerns while improving access to integrated specialty care in areas such as:
• Trauma
• Dual Diagnosis; and
• Emotion Dysregulation
• Young Adults
“By combining our programs, we’re able to offer patients more specialized options together with a broader range of therapies, without sacrificing the personal, team-based care they have come to count on,” said Sarah Schmidhofer, MD, director of the adult partial hospital program at Brown University Health. “Having all these services under one roof makes it easier for patients to get the right help at the right time.”
The streamlined program features:
o General Track – for a wide range of mental health concerns
o Young Adult Track
o Trauma Track
o Co-occurring Disorders Track (addiction/dual diagnosis); and
o Building Emotional Awareness and Regulation Track – for emotion dysregulation and related disorders, such as borderline personality disorder
“This combined program will include the same treatment Newport Hospital is known for which addresses mental health and substance use/addiction together in a supportive, strength-based recovery model with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy at its foundation. Patients in this co-occurring track will continue to benefit from learning recovery skills in a nonjudgmental community of their peers which helps to foster mutual learning and personal growth while remaining in their home environment,” said Jennifer Fletcher, LMHC.
“Merging our programs into a single unified system allows ease of access to care and the ability to more efficiently connect individuals with specialty care options to best suit their needs,” said Hannah Herc, PhD, division director of the adult partial hospital program. “We are excited about the breadth of care options we can offer the community, as well as the depth of experience and knowledge our providers collectively bring."
All referrals for partial hospital care, including patient self-referrals, may be directed to the Brown University Health partial hospital program and can be made by calling (401) 444-3748 or visiting https://www.brownhealth.org/centers-services/adult-partial-hospital-pro….