What Does Partial Hospitalization Mean?

Parents are often put off by the phrase “partial hospitalization”. The term is mainly a vestige of the past when PHPs were attached to hospitals and existed primarily to serve adults. A preferred, and more appropriate, name for a PHP is a “Therapeutic Day Program” or School. Insurance companies still use the same definition for a robust therapeutic day program.

Teen and young adult day treatment takes place in a reassuring, non-institutional, comfortable environment where adolescents, teens, and young adults can receive non-judgmental therapy, engage in therapeutic activities, and work on schoolwork during the day.