Types of Care Settings
Care that provides short-term, intensive treatment in a safe environment, usually for acute mental health crises.
Inpatient Hospitalization (IP)
All patients receiving psychiatric care retain these fundamental protections, regardless of setting.
- privacy
- right to refuse
- informed consent
One major goal of inpatient psychiatric care is to stabilize acute symptoms and prepare for this.
patient discharge planning/continuity of care
Outpatient psychiatric care focuses on this main principle.
maintaining stability in the community with the least restrictive interventions
Geriatric psychiatric care focuses on these unique needs.
late-life depression, dementia, grief, and complex medical comorbidities
This type of setting offers structured programs during the day but allows the patient to return home at night.
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
The legal document that guides care when a patient is unable to make decisions is called this.
advance psychiatric directive
Interdisciplinary treatment planning is best defined as this.
collaborative plan of care developed by the healthcare team, patient, and family
Community mental health centers typically provide these two key services.
medication management & therapy
Child and adolescent psychiatric services often emphasize these two treatment modalities.
family therapy and school-based interventions
This level of care provides 24-hour supervision in a non-hospital environment, often a step-down from inpatient care.
The principle of using the least restrictive environment means this.
Providing treatment in the safest, least confining, and most integrated setting possible.
Name two members of an inpatient psychiatric team.
2. social workers
3. psychologists
4. occupational/recreational therapists
5. case managers
The recovery model emphasizes patient strengths and goals rather than this.
Focusing only on pathology/illness
Veterans may access specialized psychiatric services through this system.
The Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system?
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams are designed for this group of patients.
Patients who have severe and persistent mental illnessare at high risk for repeated hospitalization or homelessness
Inpatient facilities must balance autonomy with this primary ethical duty.
ability to request discharge if they no longer wish to stay (unless deemed unsafe)
Case management helps patients by doing this.
coordinating services, linking resources, and advocating for patient needs.
Forensic psychiatric care provides treatment in this legal context.
What is criminal justice or the correctional system.
The continuum of care model emphasizes moving patients through different settings based on their needs, from least to most restrictive/
Structured, safe, and supportive hospital environment that promotes healing and recovery.
Being a danger to self, others, or gravely disabled
Psychiatric home care is reserved for patients who meet these criteria.
patients who are homebound, under physician care, and require skilled psychiatric nursing.
What is providing therapeutic relationships, patient education, advocacy, and coordination?
role of psychiatric-mental health nurses