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<p><strong>ABOUT DESERT VISTA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER – MESA</strong></p> <p>Operated by Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) – one of the largest teaching hospitals in the state of Arizona – Desert Vista Behavioral Health Center provides <strong>psychiatric residential and outpatient treatment</strong> for adults and adolescents struggling with serious behavioral health disorders. </p> <p>Treatment for substance use disorder is available on an inpatient basis only. The facility specializes in <strong>caring for clients undergoing involuntary, court-ordered treatment</strong>, but also admits individuals requiring services on a voluntary basis. The center is located in northern Mesa, and MIHS runs an additional behavioral health facility in <a href="http://www.rehabs.com/listings/maricopa-county-health-care-maricopa-integrated-health-system-hospital-maricopa-medical-ce-1379948234/" target="_blank">Phoenix</a>.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>According to Desert Vista's website, inpatients are separated according to age. <strong>The adolescent track serves clients between ages 13 and 17</strong> and uses the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model, which "uses collaborative problem solving and focuses on teaching the necessary skills to resolve disagreements in a collaborative manner." The adolescent track places Desert Vista among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ17.pdf" target="_blank">32 percent</a> of Arizona-based facilities that offer dedicated programming for adolescents struggling with substance use disorder.</p> <p>There is little information regarding the facility’s treatment approaches for adult care, but it is made clear that clients <strong>receive multidisciplinary care</strong> by working with psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, and nurses along with <strong>recreational therapists</strong>. The large number of involuntary admissions positions the department among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ17.pdf" target="_blank">34.3 percent</a> of Arizona-based facilities that accept criminal justice clients.</p> <p>Outpatient psychiatric services available at the facility include <strong>individual, group, and family counseling</strong> along with assessments, evaluations, and medication management — though addiction treatment is not available on an outpatient basis.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The residential treatment team includes a psychiatrist, social workers, registered nurses, psychiatric resident physicians, psychologists, and recreational therapists. Clients in the outpatient program work with a physician in the hospital’s residency training program, under direct supervision by attending psychiatrists. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility five stars for the level of staff support provided, and five stars for the level of training found in counselors.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p><strong>The adolescent unit houses up to 14 clients at a time,</strong> making it significantly smaller than the average Arizona-based residential facility, which has <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ17.pdf" target="_blank">29 beds</a>. There are currently no additional details provided on the facility’s website or otherwise regarding its living arrangements and related offerings, however, the single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility five stars for its accommodations, meals and nutrition, exercise and leisure offerings, and cleanliness.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>"Great place to manage mania," was the appraisal of the single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date. The anonymous reviewer gave the facility five stars for every evaluated aspect of treatment, including the overall quality of its individual and group counseling, the program's holistic inclusions, and the program's responsiveness to their individual preferences.</p> <p><strong>Elsewhere online, reviews were more mixed</strong>. Desert Vista has average ratings of 3.4 out of five stars based on 25 opinions on Facebook, 3.2 stars based on 37 reviews on Google, and 1.6 stars based on five reviews on Yelp.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a></small> The positive reviewers often <strong>praised the center's staff</strong> and wrote that, to their surprise, they found their stay helpful and not entirely unpleasant, despite the difficult reasons for being there. "The staff is amazing, and always supportive, and always get you what you need," India wrote in a representative comment on Google.</p> <p>However, there were also numerous complaints of <strong>inappropriate use of medications</strong> and poor treatment from staff. "It was horrible. Its a holding cell for your 2 week stay and its no place to go for any real help," Courtney wrote in a typical comment on Google; "All of the staff were very manipulative to my family and myself," Julia added on the same site.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Desert Vista is among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ17.pdf" target="_blank">64.5 percent</a> of Arizona-based facilities that <strong>accept private insurance,</strong> and among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ17.pdf" target="_blank">49.9 percent</a> that offer a <strong>sliding fee scale</strong> to qualifying clients. The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date indicated that they found treatment to be worth the cost.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Desert-Vista-Behavioral-Health-Center/113379282029044" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Desert-Vista-Behavioral-Health-Center/113379282029044</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=desert+vista+behavioral+health+center+mesa+az&oq=Desert+Vista+Behavioral+Health+Center+mesa+az&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i60j69i64l2.1040j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x872ba7852b596a8b:0x8edbc96f10a6fa3a,1,,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/desert-vista-behavioral-health-center-mesa?osq=Desert+Vista+Behavioral+Health+Center" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/desert-vista-behavioral-health-center-mesa?osq=Desert+Vista+Behavioral+Health+Center</a></small></p>
— Ellie Robins · 2018-12-27 08:39:38 PST
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