Extended Acute Psychiatric Treatment for Adults

Extended Acute Psychiatric Care: Why Choose Us?

A stay of several weeks at a psychiatric facility may not be enough time for you. You may benefit from a longer stay to get through a challenging time. Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital’s Extended Acute Care (EAC) program is a longer-term inpatient program for adults 18+ with chronic and persistent mental health concerns.

Our extended stay unit cares for people with chronic mental health issues who need more intensive and extensive treatment. The goal is to stabilize your mental health and help you feel ready for the next level of care outside of the hospital.

Highlights of our program include:

• Supportive staff: Our compassionate and dedicated providers offer a supportive and understanding environment. We help you heal and prepare for your next steps.
• Individual therapy: You have a daily one-on-one therapy session to promote long-term recovery and improved quality of life.
• Deeper engagement: A longer stay gives you more time with your therapists. We can explore issues, adjust medications and work toward positive progress.
• Development of coping skills: You have more time to work on coping skills and strategies for managing symptoms.
• Group and expressive therapies: You meet in traditional group therapy to explore healing. We also use engaging activities like art, music and movement to explore healing and emotional processing. Candy, a goldendoodle and certified therapy dog, visits weekly. Her visits provide a special chance for relaxation and healing.
• Family involvement: Loved ones can play an important role in healing and growth. Whenever possible, we involve families in the treatment process.

Intensive Psychiatric Care

A typical stay in the 16-bed EAC unit lasts six months or longer. Many patients have chronic schizophrenia or other mental health concerns. These conditions need more treatment than a short-term inpatient stay can provide.

Your treatment plan is geared to your specific needs. You also get individual therapy for an even deeper focus on healing and recovery.

In group therapy, you can:

• Explore recovery topics
• Learn distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills
• Discuss community living challenges

Extended acute care providers

A clinician leads the unit, providing oversight and responsibility for treatment. Other EAC program providers include a:

• Social worker who conducts psychosocial assessments, connects you to outside resources and creates discharge plans
• Behavior specialist who focuses on understanding and addressing challenging behaviors and teaching new skills
• Peer specialist with lived experiences dealing with mental health challenges

Next steps after an extended stay

The purpose of an extended stay is to reduce psychosis and delusions and help you reintegrate into the community. We work with you to find the therapy options that meet your needs.

For most people, discharge from the EAC means going to a group home setting or similar environment. These long-term residences provide 24/7 monitoring and medication management.

During your stay here, we also help you slowly return to life outside the hospital by taking short trips. You might get a haircut or go on a brief shopping excursion.

Who We Treat

We receive referrals from other acute inpatient hospitals for patients who need extended acute care.

The Brooke Glen EAC program treats people from four Pennsylvania counties:

• Bucks
• Chester
• Delaware
• Montgomery

Get Help Now

Call us at 800-256-5300 or message us for a mental health assessment. Read more about the Brooke Glen admissions process.