Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
A Partial Hospitalization Program provides intensive, structured behavioral health treatment during the day while patients continue living in the community. PBBHC's planned PHP is designed for people who need more clinical support than routine outpatient treatment but do not require an overnight hospital stay.
Future serviceAdult and adolescent PHP tracks are planned. PBBHC will announce schedules and eligibility details before enrollment begins.
What PHP is designed to accomplish
The planned PHP provides a high degree of clinical structure while allowing the patient to return home outside program hours. Treatment goals include improving insight, emotional regulation, coping skills, interpersonal functioning, and the ability to manage symptoms in everyday settings. The program can also support a structured transition after inpatient hospitalization.
Planned programming
- Check-in and treatment-goal review
- Cognitive or behavioral therapy groups
- Skills-building groups
- Process-oriented therapeutic groups
- Creative, expressive, or experiential therapy
- Mindfulness and relaxation work
- Medication and psychiatric follow-up as clinically indicated
- Family participation when appropriate
- Transition planning connected to school, work, home, and ongoing outpatient care
Who may be appropriate for PHP
Patients generally need more support than traditional outpatient care, have psychiatric symptoms affecting daily functioning, and can participate meaningfully in a group-based treatment environment. They must also be clinically and medically stable enough to remain outside the program without continuous supervision.
Frequently asked questions
Do patients sleep at the hospital during PHP?+
No. PHP is an outpatient day-program level of care. Participants return home outside program hours.
How is PHP different from inpatient care?+
Inpatient treatment provides 24-hour hospital support. PHP is intensive but does not include an overnight stay and requires the patient to remain safe outside program hours.
How is PHP different from IOP?+
PHP is the more intensive structured outpatient level. IOP provides fewer weekly treatment hours and may be appropriate when the patient needs less structure.
What will the schedule be?+
PBBHC will publish the PHP schedule, including days, hours, attendance requirements, and program duration, before enrollment begins.
Check PHP availability and schedule.
Contact PBBHC before making treatment arrangements. Confirmed operating hours, age criteria, and referral pathways will be published at launch.