When Outpatient Psychiatric Care Is Not Enough

• By: Eric M. Plakun, MD Thomas Franklin, MD The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
• January 14th, 2025
• adolescents, crisis stabilization, mental health, recovery, substance use recovery, suicide, suicide prevention, therapy, treatment, Winter 2025 Issue
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Key Points: The accepted goal of treatment is recovery—pursuit of a self-directed life, not just crisis stabilization. Those having difficulty pursuing recovery in outpatient treatment should consider residential treatment. Residential treatment ideally occurs in a community over...