Outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), partial hospitalisation (PHP), inpatient care, and telehealth — what each level offers and how to choose.
Tomás Reyes had been on Spravato for six weeks when the prior authorisation for his next dose got rejected by his insurer’s pharmacy benefit manager. He was sitting in a cubicle in Albuquerque watching his email inbox refresh, and on the other end of the chain was a dispenser at a specialty pharmacy in Memphis … Read more
Eleanor Whitcomb was seventy-eight when her daughter Marcy drove her from Asheville to a memory care unit that, within three weeks, asked the family to come collect her. Eleanor had not, as the admitting nurse first assumed, simply “wandered” into another resident’s room — she had crouched in the corner of it for six hours, … Read more
Eleanor Whitcomb was seventy-eight when her daughter Marcy drove her from Asheville to a memory care unit that, within three weeks, asked the family to come collect her. Eleanor had not, as the admitting nurse first assumed, simply “wandered” into another resident’s room — she had crouched in the corner of it for six hours, … Read more
Donovan Pierce was twenty-six the first time his mother Eileen sat in a Sacramento courtroom and listened to the words “incompetent to stand trial” being spoken about her son. The petty theft charge that had brought him into the criminal system was almost beside the point — Donovan had been hearing voices for two years, … Read more
Donovan Pierce was twenty-six the first time his mother Eileen sat in a Sacramento courtroom and listened to the words “incompetent to stand trial” being spoken about her son. The petty theft charge that had brought him into the criminal system was almost beside the point — Donovan had been hearing voices for two years, … Read more
Priya Ramaswamy, a thirty-four-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, came home from a five-day inpatient stay with two pages of discharge paperwork and a recommendation that she enrol in either “the day hospital program at the medical centre” or “a PHP through her insurance network.” She spent most of an afternoon trying to figure out which … Read more
Priya Ramaswamy, a thirty-four-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, came home from a five-day inpatient stay with two pages of discharge paperwork and a recommendation that she enrol in either “the day hospital program at the medical centre” or “a PHP through her insurance network.” She spent most of an afternoon trying to figure out which … Read more
Marcus had been drinking a fifth of vodka every night for six months when his wife in Boise issued the ultimatum. He expected a thirty-day rehab bill that would empty their savings. Instead, his primary care doctor sent him to a clinic on State Street that ran an outpatient detox program three blocks from his … Read more
Marisol Pereira had been a foster parent in Eugene for eleven years before she said yes to her first therapeutic foster care placement. The boy was fourteen, named Jaden, and had cycled through nine placements since age seven. He had been hospitalized four times for self-harm and was stepping down from residential treatment in Idaho. … Read more
Marisol Pereira had been a foster parent in Eugene for eleven years before she said yes to her first therapeutic foster care placement. The boy was fourteen, named Jaden, and had cycled through nine placements since age seven. He had been hospitalized four times for self-harm and was stepping down from residential treatment in Idaho. … Read more