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<p><strong>ABOUT CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL: MENTAL HEALTH</strong></p> <p>Founded in 1903, Christian Hospital is a member of BJC HealthCare, a nonprofit healthcare organization that operates 22 hospitals around Illinois and Missouri. Christian Hospital offers a full array of medical services, plus one of the state's <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO17.pdf" target="_blank">173 (67.3 percent)</a> <strong>mental health departments that offers outpatient treatment</strong> for individuals aged 18+ who are struggling with a broad range of mental and behavioral health disorders, including alcoholism and other problematic substance use.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The mental health center offers confidential psychiatric, alcohol, and drug use evaluations in addition to treatment.</p> <p>Outpatient care consists of <strong>intensive outpatient programs (IOPs)</strong> specialized to cater to clients' various presenting problems. The chemical dependency IOP meets on Monday through Friday mornings, for three hours each day. Each day consists of two 50-minute group counseling sessions and one 50-minute educational session. The center does not specify which treatment modalities are used during programming at the center, though <strong>clients are advised to attend AA meetings</strong> outside of the program, indicating that the center is open to the 12-step model of treatment.</p> <p>Following discharge, clients are encouraged to attend weekly <a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">aftercare</a> sessions at the facility as well as a weekly on-site AA meeting, held on Sunday mornings.</p> <p>Other IOPs include a <strong>psychiatric program</strong> for individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other mental health disorders, and a dedicated program for individuals who are in and out of hospital due to chronic mental illness. A dedicated <strong>Center for Senior Renewal</strong> offers an IOP for older individuals who are struggling with their mental and emotional health, making this one of the only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO17.pdf" target="_blank">27 (10.5 percent)</a> facilities in the state with this specified track.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The unit is staffed by <strong>physicians, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and nurses.</strong> The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date on the staff's level of training and experience awarded it five out of five stars. The other alum thus far polled was asked to evaluate the level of staff support available at the facility, and provided a five- out of five-star rating as well.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p><strong>Both of the alumni polled by Rehabs.com to date would recommend treatment at this facility,</strong> noting the program's efficacy. "They really care about what they do. This facility real helped me," R.D.M. wrote in a representative review. The two reviewers completed surveys evaluating different aspects of care at Christian Hospital; J.G.H. gave the facility five out of five stars for its holistic offerings and the overall quality of its individual and group counseling, while R.D.M. gave the center five stars for its treatment effectiveness and ability to treat co-occurring disorders, and four stars for its holistic offerings, family participation, and counseling options. </p> <p>At the time of this writing, secondary sites yielded no coverage of the mental health facility in particular, and <strong>mixed reviews of Christian Hospital as a whole:</strong> a 2.7-star average rating based on 91 reviews on Google,<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> and on YellowPages.com, one four-star and one one-star review.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> The negative reviews frequently cited <strong>inattentive and rude staff, long wait times, and dirty conditions.</strong> "Unclean, hard to get in contact with doctors, an all around bad experience. will never return here. will never bring a loved one here no matter what," C.W. wrote in a representative review on Google.</p> <p><strong>The positive reviews tended to praise the center's staff:</strong> "Every staff I came into contact with went above & beyond my expectations on every level....That's saying a lot, trust me! I'm not the easiest to satisfy...Real Talk!!" T.H. wrote in a representative review, also on Google.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Christian Hospital's parent organization BJC HealthCare offers financial assistance for qualifying uninsured clients and those with limited financial resources. Christian Hospital also accepts <strong>a variety of private insurances,</strong> along with being one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO17.pdf" target="_blank">85 (33.1 percent)</a> centers to accept <strong>Medicare</strong> in Missouri and one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MO17.pdf" target="_blank">174 (67.7 percent)</a> to accept <strong>Medicaid</strong>. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date on the center's affordability gave four out of five stars.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Christian%20Hospital%3A%20Mental%20Health%20st%20louis%20mo&oq=Christian+Hospital%3A+Mental+Health+st+louis+mo&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.2710j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=38772505,-90221875,1655&tbm=lcl&rldimm=1966542132548580815&ved=0ahUKEwjxn8OE5_XWAhUW5GMKHSheA8YQvS4IPTAA&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2#lrd=0x87df4921281529d9:0x1b4a8fa67e65b5cf,1,,&rlfi=hd:;si:1966542132548580815;mv:!1m3!1d80952.78581513083!2d-90.2672783!3d38.7047486!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i216!2i312!4f13.1;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yellowpages.com/saint-louis-mo/mip/christian-hospital-2201863?lid=2201863" target="_blank">https://www.yellowpages.com/saint-louis-mo/mip/christian-hospital-2201863?lid=2201863</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2018-12-27 11:47:52 PST
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