Posted by antennastoheaven on July 22, 2013, at 21:50:17
In reply to therapy for suicidal ideation/severe depression, posted by Roslynn on July 22, 2013, at 14:13:53
When I was severely depressed my therapist wanted me to go to an inpatient mental health ward for 72 hours, but I refused. She then referred me to a partial hospitalization program. Five hours a day Monday through Friday (plus a break for lunch); 45 minute group sessions starting every hour with breaks in between, and weekly psychiatrist visits. 10% of the program is CBT and 10% is DBT. The rest of it was mostly group discussions of some sort; sometimes centered around certain topics. After two weeks of being in the partial hospitalization, I dropped down to the intensive outpatient program, which is actually the same thing except you only stay for the first three hours of the day.
I started a thread about it.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20130309/msgs/1044771.htmlMany of the other patients in the program had attempted suicide or were seriously considering it; they often were in the inpatient psych ward before starting the program. They seemed to think being in the program helped.
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