Inpatient psychiatric stabilization at Tarzana Treatment Centers takes place in our licensed acute psychiatric hospital. Inpatient psychiatric stabilization is a 24‑hour intensive residential program to address a moderate to severe mental health (MH) crisis, which cannot be managed on an outpatient basis.

Usually lasting for a short term, inpatient psychiatric stabilization offers intensive supervision and highly structured activities. The goal is to improve each patient’s functioning to transition to a lower level of care. This program only admits patients voluntarily seeking treatment.

The inpatient psychiatric stabilization level of care is suitable for patients requiring acute monitoring, treatment, and supervision, which cannot be addressed on an outpatient basis. Indeed, this approach aims to reduce risk factors, prevent further deterioration of functioning, adjust medications, and provide safety during this difficult time.

Assessment Tools and Inpatient Stabilization

Each patient entering the inpatient unit receives a psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatric provider or psychologist during the initial assessment process, a complete medical examination, and a nursing assessment. Treatment services are provided throughout the day based on each patient’s individual needs.

Patients will meet with psychiatric providers for medication management. Also, psychology staff members offer ongoing re-assessments and brief counseling. In these sessions, patients receive coping skills training.

As appropriate for each patient, group therapy plays a role in the program. In addition, a dietitian is available for consultation if needed, and a recreational therapist addresses leisure skills needs. Nursing meets multiple times each day with patients and social workers. Moreover, the counseling staff designs appropriate discharge plans.

MH Clinical Team and Inpatient Psychiatric Stabilization

To address the whole MH continuum of care, TTC’s inpatient unit is staffed with a clinical team of nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists. In addition, social workers, certified counselors, dietitians, and recreational therapists take on essential roles. From the top leadership to the support staff, the MH team has firsthand experience in helping.

When someone requires this level of care, we have experience helping them and their families make healthy and informed decisions. It has been shown that family involvement in mental health treatment leads to positive outcomes. Moreover, inpatient psychiatric stabilization aims to foster a timely transition to residential treatment and outpatient services.

Addressing a Diverse Range of Mental Health Crises

In addition to treating mental health crises, the inpatient mental health unit also provides medical detoxification for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders (SUD) or substance-induced psychosis.

Hence, this unit provides medical detoxification and withdrawal management for these patients. Indeed, inpatient psychiatric stabilization helps people needing SUD treatment services. It stabilizes their severe psychiatric symptoms so they can participate in residential or outpatient SUD treatment.

Inpatient Psychiatric Stabilization Leads to Healing

Patients needing stabilization receive psychiatric medication management and brief counseling to manage symptoms and improve functioning. Moreover, these strategies for patients range from cognitive and behavioral coping skills to ongoing supportive counseling for individual issues. By receiving intensive help for a psychiatric crisis, patients find a road that leads to long-term stabilization.