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DESCRIPTION: Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (https://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/adults/services/direct-care-treatment/programs-services/community-behavioral-health-hospitals) are short-term, acute psychiatric hospitals. They employ evidence-based practices, which are methods of treatment that research has demonstrated are effective in supporting people with mental illness in their recovery. They are locked facilities. Intensive, multidisciplinary services provided by the hospitals include: * Assessment of mental, social, and physical health by psychiatrists, clinical nurse specialists, advanced practice nurses, psychologists, clinical social workers, medical physicians, and other rehabilitation therapists, as appropriate. * Development of an individual treatment plan, including medication management and 24-hour nursing care. * Active mental health treatment and programming, including the integration of important aspects of the Illness Management and Recovery model of care. This model is an individualized, person-centered approach that includes the family and community in treatment planning and implementation. * Chemical dependency treatment for patients with co-occurring conditions. * Individualized discharge planning and collaboration with patients, family members, significant others as well as county social services and mental health case managers for transitioning back to an appropriate setting in the community. This provider is a Medicare Certified psychiatric hospital by the Minnesota Department of Health and is subject to periodic health and safety inspections by the Department of Health or an approved accrediting agency.

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