Adult Residential Care Unit (ARC)
Two coed residential treatment programs and an intensive outpatient program
are housed on the ARC unit. The residential programs are the Mental Health
Court Residential and Short-term Rehabilitation.
Mental Health Court
Funded by the Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery
Services Board
Courts have teamed up with mental health
providers in an effort to provide treatment for those with chronic mental
illness (in lieu of incarceration) from re-offending repeatedly. "The goal
of the Mental Health Court is to break that cycle," based on the concept that
recovery is important and obtainable. The goal is to get this targeted
population -- mostly sufferers of bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia --
psychiatrically stable, compliant with their own treatment goals and then to
obtain stable housing or supportive living arrangements to facilitate
remediation of the psychiatric symptoms and reduce recidivism.
Admission Criteria
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Potential client has been charged with a misdemeanor, excluding a DUI or
domestic violence charge. |
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Potential client has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective
disorder, bi-polar, or major depression (major depression clients must have
had previous mental health systems services). |
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Referred by Mental Health Court |
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Resident Hamilton County, OH |
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Eligibility
| Legal criteria: Charge must be a
misdemeanor, a nonviolent offense; and the person cannot have a history of
violent offenses. |
| Mental health criteria: Person
must have schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder or major
depressive disorder that is recurrent. |
| Defendants must be: competent
to stand trial, have the ability to understand and participate in treatment
programs, and be willing to plead guilt to the charge. |
| Program length: Up to one
year. Charges will be erased from defendant's record after they
graduate. |
Source: Hamilton County Mental Health
Court
Short Term Rehabilitation
A non-medical community residential treatment
program providing a wide continuum of services in support of the recovery
process and home/community reintegration. Linkages to other formal and
informal services are based on client needs.
Admission Criteria
| Client must have a substance abuse
disorder requiring short term residential care |
| Resident Hamilton County, OH |
Intensive Outpatient Program
Organized therapeutic services provided in
non-residential setting at least three days per week, three hours a day in a
professionally supervised program.
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