Services for Adults

Intensive Care Treatment Unit • 847.360.2210

We operate the only Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit in Lake County, where we provide compassionate care to patients struggling with serious illness. Our staff of independent psychiatrists and psychologists, psychiatric nurses and skilled therapists, have a broad base of experience. This experience helps the team develop and implement an individualized treatment plan for every patient. The care team also draws upon strengths found in the patient's support system to help sustain gains made in treatment and to develop comprehensive aftercare plans.

Adult Psychiatry Program • 847.360.2210

Our short-term, acute care adult treatment program is designed to target and rapidly resolve problems in a supportive, supervised setting. Upon admission, our staff conducts a patient assessment and develops an individualized treatment plan to identify and achieve specific goals for each patient. Under the direction of the attending independent psychiatrist, each patient is provided with:

• Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation
• Comprehensive medical assessment
• Substance abuse assessment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Family/marital psychotherapy
• Social history evaluation  
• Intensive milieu therapy
• Expression therapy  
• Recreational therapy
• Full aftercare planning

Partial Hospitalization Program • 847.625.6024

The Partial Hospitalization Program offers intensive psychiatric care without 24-hour hospitalization. Patients attend psychotherapy sessions and educational programs 4 - 5 days a week. The program is designed to help patients improve their ability to manage emotional and behavioral difficulties in a supportive setting.

In addition to the individual psychotherapy sessions, the program provides group interventions dealing with a wide variety of issues and problem areas such as:

• Medication management
• Communication skills
• Coping with loss and grief
• Managing depression and anxiety
• Development of improved coping skills
• Problem-solving
• Men's and women's issues
• Symptom awareness
• Expression therapy
• Family of origin issues

Intensive Outpatient Program • 847.625.6024

The Intensive Outpatient Program offers outpatient psychiatric services that are more intensive than traditional outpatient counseling. Most patients participate in the program 1 - 3 days a week. Attendance is flexible to enable patients to stay at home and continue to participate in work and/or school. By participating in the Intensive Outpatient Program, many individuals build upon skills learned in inpatient care or partial hospital care.