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      Our Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is tailored to address the diverse needs of individuals (age 13-17) facing various mental and behavioral health challenges.
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      Palms Behavioral Health offers inpatient psychiatric services specifically designed for adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17. Our inpatient treatment options are available for girls who are admitted both voluntarily or involuntarily and includes immediate assessment, diagnosis, and rapid stabilization of acute psychiatric symptoms.
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      Caring for patients aged 12 to 17, we offer a structured, safe, and therapeutic environment with a multidisciplinary clinical team, led by a skilled psychiatrist, focusing on each patient’s needs.
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      Palms’s acute inpatient psychiatric services are designed to provide intensive, short-term care for individuals who are experiencing severe symptoms of mental illness or emotional distress.
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      Palms Behavioral Health offers specialized medical treatment to older adults (55+) who are experiencing mental health and/or behavioral issues that require 24-hour hospitalization.
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      Through our Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Program, adolescents (12+), adults, and senior patients can receive effective short-term treatment for the five major types of anxiety disorders.
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      We care for those struggling with Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic depression. This is a major affective or mood disorder characterized by manic or hypomanic episodes.
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      Individuals with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder may have difficulty distinguishing reality from fantasy. Palms offers inpatient care for those experiencing acute symptoms and requiring a higher level of care.
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      At Palms Behavioral Health, our mental health professionals offer compassionate, intensive care for adolescents and adults with suicidal ideation or thoughts of suicide.
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