level of care Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:03:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 level of care Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Frequency of Visits https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/frequency-of-visits/ Wed, 03 Jun 2015 04:23:50 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8919 The frequency of visits to the clinic can be a source of considerable irritation. Why do we recommend that people come in once a week, or once every two weeks, or once a month, or less often? A wonderful young man I have been seeing for several years got very angry when I replied to his request to reschedule his appointment ...

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]]> 8919 LOCUS and Level of Care https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/locus-level-care/ Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:22:31 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8846 LOCUS© and CALOCUS© instruments were developed by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP). They are clinical tools that evaluate and determine level of care placements for psychiatric and addiction services for both adult and child/adolescent populations. We use these tools when we are working with the patient or family who is seriously symptomatic, failing to improve despite aggressive outpatient treatment, ...

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