Kettering Health Expands Mental Health Services
Story by Kettering Health Staff
Kettering Health Behavioral Medicine recently expanded its services to better meet the needs of south Dayton residents by creating an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at Kettering Health Miamisburg. The program allows for more collaborative care between behavioral health, primary care, and emergency services and builds on services offered at the IOP at Kettering Health Behavioral Medical Center in Moraine.
“The need for consistent access to high-quality mental health services becomes more apparent each day as our community grapples with an ongoing mental health crisis,” says Julie Manuel, clinical program manager at Kettering Health Behavioral Medical Center. “By expanding the Intensive Outpatient Program into Miamisburg, we’re creating a new access point that will help our patients better navigate the mental health system and their diagnosis.”
The IOP is comprehensive and individualized. It provides psychiatric treatment that supports positive behavioral changes. Areas of focus include mood management, interpersonal interactions, triggers, destructive impulses and behaviors, personal goals, and coping skills. Throughout the program, patients participate in daily group and individual sessions with trained clinicians.
Pathways to Mental Well-being
In addition, Kettering Health recently partnered with Dayton-area interfaith service organizations Declare and Miami Valley Leadership Foundation to launch Pathways
to Mental Well-being: A Journey from Worry to Wellness. Pathways is a video series that empowers pastors and lay leaders in supporting their congregations when navigating the complexities of stress and mental health challenges. Through training, small group programs, sermons, and community resources, the partnering organizations equip faith leaders to better respond to their congregants and parishioners experiencing stressful situations or mental health challenges.
For more information, visit declare.org/mentalhealth.
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