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Partnering with Facilities
For residential communities, Applied Mental Health Services offers many important services for your residents. We dispatch our Psychotherapists to your communities at no cost to you!
Applied Mental Health Services therapists participate in the patient’s care as a member of their treatment team. Our clinicians focus their care on behavior modification and provide family support, resulting in positive transitions for patients and staff. Additional benefits for facilities include staff education, clinical support services, and specialized mental health programs.
Smooth Residential Transition and Adjustment
An adjustment (transition) disorder occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a stressor, like a major life event. Since people with this disorder normally have symptoms that depressed people do, such as general loss of interest, feelings of hopelessness and crying, this disorder is also sometimes known as situational depression. Unlike major depression however, the disorder is caused by an outside stressor and generally resolves once the individual can adapt to the situation.
Adjustment disorder may also be acute or chronic, depending on whether it lasts more or less than six months. If the adjustment disorder lasts less than 6 months, then it may be considered acute. If it lasts more than 6 months, it may be considered chronic. Diagnosis of adjustment disorder is quite common; there is an estimated incidence of 5–21% among psychiatric consultation services for adults. Adult women are diagnosed twice as often as are adult men.
Benefits to Communities or Facilities
The following represents the benefits of services offered:
- It demonstrates market differentiation for Communities/Facilities
- It demonstrates that Community is aware of these sometimes-difficult transitions and other mental health conditions and offers a solution
- It will further improve Communities/Facilities image
- It will create a positive economic impact by acquiring more move-ins and having less individuals move-out because of dissatisfaction with their transition and difficult adjustment
- It will create a more content environment for all residents/staff
- It promotes socialization
- It will improve staff morale
- It will assist family members with coping for loved ones
This program is of no cost to Community or its residents
Community or Facility Based Education
Applied Mental Health Services offers education to the targeted communities and facilities at no cost. Education is performed by the providers and Applied Mental Health Services corporate representatives. Education is offered to residents and community clinical staff.
Education topics are chosen by community staff and may include resident wellness activities with topics that include (to name a few), such as, Depression, Transition and Adjustment, Dementia, etc. Education directed to clinical staff includes relevant situations (to name a few), such as “How to De-escalate a Difficult Situation” or “Recognizing Early Signs and Symptoms of Depression.” These are value add tactics that solidifies relationships with the staff from the communities.