Treating behaviors that affect mental health
At Ascension Via Christi Partial Day Behavioral Health Outpatient Programs, our care teams diagnose and treat a wide range of mental illnesses. We care about how these disorders may affect physical and emotional health. Our care team offers programs to address complications linked to mental illness, including anxiety, family conflicts, social isolation and more. We’re here to listen and understand.
Our doctors and care teams at Ascension Via Christi Partial Day Behavioral Health Outpatient Programs offer personalized, compassionate care for a wide range of behavioral health conditions. Together, we deliver a care plan that addresses prevention, interventions, treatments and recovery support services.
Partial day treatment program: five days a week
In Wichita, Kansas, Ascension Via Christi’s partial day program is our most intensive form of outpatient therapy and psychoeducation for treating and managing a mental illness. It allows the patients to still live at home, putting their learnings into practice each day.
- Patients attend five days a week, six hours a day, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Adolescent program (12-17), with school liaison available
- Adult program (18 and older), with FMLA paperwork completed
Intensive outpatient program: three days a week
Ascension Via Christi’s intensive outpatient program is a less-intensive option, providing the same type of services as the partial-day program
- Patients attend three days a week, six hours a day, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Includes adolescent and adult programs
Patients may benefit from either outpatient program if they have:
- A primary psychiatric diagnosis other than substance use disorder; for example, thoughts about self-harm, depression, anxiety
- Ability to benefit from educational offerings
- Successful engagement helps reduce inpatient stays away from family and others
- Evening and weekend support
- Access to transportation
Patients who enroll in these intensive, short-term programs must be:
- Willing to participate
- Expecting progress within a specified time period
- Able to function safely without 24-hour medical and psychiatric care
- Not a threat to self or others, and able to commit to a safety plan
Both programs offer medication management and group therapy with a focus on the development of healthy life skills.
Behavioral health conditions and services
No matter what struggles you face, we’re here to offer hope and a commitment to helping you feel better. Our behavioral health services include treatments for, but not limited to:
- Anxiety
- ADD and ADHD
- Behaviors and stress affecting your physical health
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Emotional health
- Grief and loss
- Problems adjusting to changes in your life (school, divorce, loss, unemployment, retirement or disability)
- Post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
For life-threatening medical emergencies involving suicidal thoughts, potential drug overdose or self-harm, go to the nearest ER and call 9-1-1.
