Inpatient mental health
Find a doctorSevere mental health issues or a mental health emergency can call for an inpatient hospital stay. Inpatient mental health care provides a safe place to stabilize and begin healing.
At Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic, our behavioral health specialists recommend inpatient mental health care to those in crisis. A short hospital stay can help put you on the path toward recovery.
What is inpatient mental health care?
Inpatient mental health care provides treatment while you stay in the hospital or a residential treatment facility. It can refer to care in a residential treatment center where you might live for several months. Or it can mean a short stay of a week or less in a hospital’s behavioral health unit.
Inpatient mental health care provides around-the-clock treatment for people experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. A short stay can help you address immediate concerns and give you the tools you need to cope more successfully.
Inpatient mental health care is often a bridge to longer term, less intense outpatient treatment.
Types of inpatient mental health care
A hospital stay for inpatient mental health care is for people experiencing a mental health emergency. It provides 24/7 monitoring and intense treatment options for those who need immediate support and stabilization. People in crisis may be admitted to inpatient care either voluntarily or involuntarily.
Experts in several health fields work together to provide patients receiving the most effective treatment. You may have treatment from:
- Medical doctors (as needed for consults on physical health issues)
- Mental health counselors and therapists
- Nurses
- Psychiatrists
- Substance abuse specialists
Conditions treated with inpatient mental health care
The continuous care and therapeutic setting of inpatient mental health care is there for people in crisis. It’s appropriate for those coping with escalating mental health issues related to:
- Addiction and substance abuse
- Anxiety disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Impulse control disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Suicidal ideation (or attempt)
Benefits of inpatient mental health care
A mental health emergency requires immediate care. Entering the hospital for inpatient care provides those in crisis with access to:
- 24/7 monitoring
- Crisis intervention
- Medically supervised detox
- Medical care for physical injuries or illnesses
- Psychiatric evaluation and counseling
- Referral to longer term residential or outpatient treatment
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