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<p><strong>ABOUT COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AT FORT LOGAN</strong></p> <p>One of two state-operated <strong>residential psychiatric hospitals</strong> in Colorado, the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL), which opened in 1961, <strong>serves clients in the civil mental health system</strong> by providing treatment for mental health and <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring disorders</a>. It is one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/CO17.pdf" target="_blank">221 facilities in Colorado equipped to treat co-ocurring disorders</a>, but one of only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/CO17.pdf" target="_blank">10 hospital inpatient programs in Colorado.</a> </p> <p>Most clients are referred for admission by the state’s Community Mental Health Centers. While the facility’s website does not indicate if it offers detox services, CMHIFL has a full medical staff and notes that their main mission is to “ensure that all individuals treated at CMHIFL will receive the best possible psychiatric and medical care.”</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The Colorado Mental Health Institute accepts clients by referral from other mental health facilities. Clients are assessed to determine if the facility is a good fit. Clients are enrolled in residential therapy programs that are <strong>led by doctoral-level psychologists and pre-doctoral interns</strong> on four hospital treatment teams. Each team has a full-time or part-time psychologist. These psychologists perform <strong>legally mandated evaluations on all clients</strong> admitted for treatment. Testing and assessment in the areas of neuropsychology, diagnostic clarification, and behavioral management planning are also offered.</p> <p>The program’s main treatment modalities are provided as part of the facility’s <strong>Therapeutic Activities Department,</strong> which is designed to address problem behaviors. Attention is paid to each client’s aptitude for self-care, leisure and social functioning, and ability to participate in <strong>therapeutic skills training groups</strong> and <strong>individual treatment sessions</strong>. The ultimate goal is to return the client to community living or a less restrictive setting as swiftly as possible.</p> <p><strong>Social work services are available</strong> through each of the four hospital treatment teams. These services include ongoing assessments, treatment and recovery planning, <strong>case management services, discharge planning</strong>, and <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">aftercare planning</a>. <strong>Pastoral services</strong> are also available, and the facility is equipped to provide interpretation services to <strong>all deaf or hard-of-hearing clients.</strong></p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Staff members as CMHIFL are licensed in Colorado and include doctoral-level <strong>psychologists and psychiatrists,</strong> certified psychiatric rehabilitation practitioners, social workers, and <strong>registered nurses</strong>. The staff also includes qualified recreational, occupational, and music therapists. According to CMHIFL’s website, the Psychology Department at CMHIFL also consists of pre-doctoral interns.</p> <p>CMHIFL is accredited by <a href="https://www.jointcommission.org/" target="_blank">The Joint Commission</a>, among the only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/CO17.pdf" target="_blank">10 percent of facilities in Colorado to received this licensing</a>. </p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>The facility offers <strong>94 adult residential beds</strong>, and the one surveyed by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave the facility five out of five stars for its accommodations and amenities. Family members are encouraged to visit the patient during hospitalization to aid in their reintegration into community life. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has not yet received reviews from Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan alumni; however, third-party sources revealed <strong>mixed feedback</strong>.</p> <p>On Google, two reviewers gave ratings of five out of five stars and three gave ratings of one star at the time of this writing. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> Three of the four reviewers left minimum one-star reviews. two of the reviews allege that this facility <strong>utilizes solitary confinement</strong>. In an anonymous review, one alum wrote: “Donuts for breakfast, no toilet seats, people are there for years what is wrong with people.” The two reviewers on Yelp felt similarly, both giving one star ratings. Both of them mentioned that they felt the facility was understaffed.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The one loved one surveyed by Rehabs.com to date gave CMHIFL a mixed review. For strengths, they awarded the facility five out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness, its exercise and leisure provisions, its counseling options, its level of staff support, and its family involvement.</p> <p>The anonymous parent, whose son attended the facility, also noted that they were “so overwhelmed with all the people needing their services….the actual level of care [my son] needed wasn't available, it was full, so they put him on with what they called maximum setting. They have great care if you are put where you need.”</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to CMHIFL’s website, the hospital accepts accepts private insurance, Medicaid, and is part of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/CO17.pdf" target="_blank">26.2% of facilities in Colorado that accept Medicare.</a>. Fees are also assessed on a sliding scale and the facility's website states that it is one no one will be turned away due to inability to pay. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=colorado+mental+health+institute+denver&oq=colorado+mental+health+institute+denver&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l2j0i22i30k1.158713.160638.0.160909.13.11.1.0.0.0.304.1716.0j3j4j1.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..4.9.1725...0i20k1j0i13k1.ppMgtSEDYYw#lrd=0x876c801d580937c7:0xeba80020e1b24c81,1," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/colorado-mental-health-institute-at-fort-logan-denver-2" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/colorado-mental-health-institute-at-fort-logan-denver-2</a></small></p>
— Patrick Greeley · 2018-10-29 11:30:28 PDT
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