Mental Health Facilities In Chattanooga, TN

The most appropriate level of treatment for your mental health treatment programs is based on the severity of your condition. An inpatient level of care with 24 hours supervision is best for people who are:

• Facing health problems
• Having suicidal thoughts
• Unable to care for themselves
• In a crisis

With residential care, you live at the facility during your time in treatment. You complete a full-time treatment program, with all of your needs, meals, and therapy sessions provided for you on the premises.

You might be prescribed medication in addition to your regular individual and group therapy sessions. Medication can help you treat acute or chronic symptoms.

Most anxiety and depressive disorders can be treated with or without medication, but you get the most significant results if you utilize therapy and medication concurrently, especially at the start of your treatment.

Partial hospitalization programs occur at our mental health facilities in Chattanooga, TN, and are very similar to residential care. However, instead of residing at the facility for the duration of your treatment, under continual supervision, without being able to leave, you go home at the end of each day.

Aside from being able to return home, you get the same amount of structure, with a full schedule every day of the week for individual and group therapy sessions as well as therapeutic and holistic activities, including yoga or outdoor recreation.

Intensive outpatient programs are the next treatment programs that you can get at our mental health treatment centers. The focus for intensive outpatient programs continues to include individual and group therapy but starts to emphasize group support sessions more often. 

Typically you participate in programs during the day or in the evening; you have a part-time schedule which allows you a bit more freedom to continue with other personal or professional responsibilities, meeting at the mental health treatment center a couple of days per week instead of every day of the week.

Outpatient treatment is the lowest level of care. Outpatient care is best for people who:

• Have completed residential care
• Are making improvements in mental health
• Aren’t facing any immediate risks of harm

With an outpatient program, you get to return home every night and move back into your routine while completing a few hours of weekly group therapy sessions, with one or two weekly individual sessions.

Supportive housing helps those who need a place to live after inpatient care. Clients share a living space that helps them gain the skills they will need to live independently. Our program allows clients to have some flexibility as they transition back to their everyday lives following long-term residential treatment.