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Support For Family Members
Families are an
important part of the patient's treatment program, but they often
need emotional support themselves.
Family Involvement Program
Our Family Involvement Program is facilitated by one of our Masters
level Allied Therapists and is open to all family members as well as
the community. These are informational meetings where people can
learn how to deal with the impact of mental illness. Education is
provided about diagnoses, treatment options, and aftercare as well
as support those who are being impacted by their loved ones illness.
This program also serves as a liason between families and treatment
teams. The Family Involvement Program is geared toward families,
friends and caregivers of adult patients. We offer a weekly evening
program which is held on Thursdays (5:30p-6:30p).
Fairmount F.O.C.U.S. (Family Opportunity for Communication, Unity
and Success) on Families
(For Parents of Child or Adolescent Patients Only)
Intensely structured multifamily groups which parents and children
attend together with breakout sessions for discussions and
activities. The goal for the FOCUS group is to provide disease and
medication specific knowledge; facilitate effective parent
child/teen interaction styles; provide resources, services and
support systems in the community; and emphasize the importance of
finding time for self, parents and partners. Parents are encouraged
to support one another and to take a more active role in their
child's mental health care. Children and adolescents are encouraged
to maintain age appropriate responsibility for managing the effects
of their disease on thoughts, behaviors and feelings.
Groups are held in 16-session cycles on Sundays (2-3p), Tuesdays
(5-6p) and Thursdays (6-7p).
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