Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Partial Hospitalization
Fletcher Allen's Partial Hospitalization Program, part of the Seneca Center, is for individuals who are transitioning from inpatient care back into the community or for individuals who are experiencing worsening symptoms and want to avoid an inpatient admission. The primary purpose of this program is to stabilize crisis, stabilize functioning, and restore symptoms to a pre-crisis level.
This program offers 6 hours of treatment per day and consists of individual care management, group psychotherapy, pharmacological management, and coping skills training.
Conditions
- Depression
- Anxiety/Panic Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Adjustment Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Self-harming Behaviors
Treatment
Individuals may be referred by their community providers in an attempt to divert hospitalization or by the hospital as "step down" of care into the community.
The goals of treatment include crisis stabilization and an introduction to coping skills designed to improve functioning. The average length of stay is 2-3 weeks, with most patients transferring to the Intensive Outpatient Program before returning to their community provider.
Treatment includes:
- A full psycho-social and medical evaluation and formulating initial treatment goals
- Individualized treatment planning
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Pharmacological management
- Mindfulness practice
- Anger management and emotion regulation
- Interpersonal effectiveness and assertiveness skills
- Distress tolerance skills
- Relapse prevention
- Care management and ongoing collaboration with outside providers
Participants receive 5-6 hours of treatment per day, including:
- CBT- and DBT-based group psychotherapy and skills training
- Individual case management
- Pharmacotherapy