Inpatient Care, Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient Care

Our team of independent psychiatrists and psychologists, nurses and other care professionals has a unique understanding of how to help people of all ages manage personal crises and learn important skills to handle life's challenges more effectively. After an initial evaluation or assessment, we create an individualized treatment plan that begins with inpatient care, partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient care. We also offer a variety of outpatient services including individual, family or group counseling on a sliding fee scale.

Inpatient Treatment Services for Adults
Inpatient treatment services include Intensive Care Treatment

• 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
  • Full aftercare planning
  
  
• Parent Education • 847.625.6058
  We offer parent training classes utilizing one of the most popular and effective training modules available. Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (S.T.E.P.). This time-limited parent training group is designed to help parents acquire key skills such as improved communication, consistent approached to discipline and effective collaboration between parents in child rearing.
  

Community Support and Outreach Services for the General Public, Agencies and Schools:

• Emergency Care and Crisis Intervention • 847.360.2000
  Our staff is available on a 24 hour, 7 days per week basis to provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and crisis intervention care in the hospital's emergency room. Call for more information.
  
  
• Mobile Assessment Team • 847.360.2000
  We will respond within an hour to your school or office regarding an immediate crisis to provide intervention services. Pending staff availability, we may send a clinician to your site. Through consultation with the referring organization, we will work to find appropriate assessment ant treatment for those in need of clinical services.
  
  
• Psychiatric and Psychological Case Consultation • 847.360.2728
  Our psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are available to local schools to provide case consultation on a regular basis.
  
  
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team • 847.360.2728
  Operated jointly with the Lake County Health Department, our CISD team provides consultation to schools, agencies and other organizations to help people cope in the aftermath of a traumatic event.
  
  
• Staff Training and Case Consultation • 847.360.2728
  We provide consultation and training on a wide variety of behavioral health related topics to agencies and organizations within Lake County. We will come to your school or agency to provide training. In addition, Vista Health is an approved provider of Social Work Continuing Education in the State of Illinois.
  

Building A Brighter Tomorrow By Helping Children, Adolescents and Adults…Today

If you or someone you know needs help managing depression, anxiety, stress or another illness, call us at 847.625.6030. We can help.

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