ADULT OUTPATIENT SERVICES
MONDAY - FRIDAY
7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM
Adult Outpatient Services are offered at the following locations:
David Ehardt Center: 217 E. Sanilac Avenue, Sandusky Michigan
Croswell Clinic: 110 North Howard Street, Croswell, Michigan
These services are usually provided in a clinic setting on a short-term basis. Outpatient services are aimed at helping people manage their illness and achieve their daily-life goals. The goal is to provide caring, personalized treatment and services that promote healthy families and individuals.
Services include the following:
Crisis Intervention: Crisis intervention is provided by a licensed Master Level clinician for individuals who are in acute psychiatric distressful situations and they will intervene for the purpose of working toward psychiatric stabilization. The purpose of crisis intervention is to prevent an individual from self harm, harm to others, to assist the individual with linking with/establishing further treatment if necessary and with meeting their own needs. Crisis intervention is provided in the community, at Sanilac CMH, in the hospital, in AFC homes and at the Sanilac County Jail.
Assessment and Service Planning: Initial and periodic assessment which may include a range of professional and psychological evaluations to determine appropriate diagnoses and eligibility for services, to recommend a course of treatment, and to develop a plan of service using the person centered planning approach.
Crisis Residential Services: A short term alternative to inpatient psychiatric services for individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. The goal is to avert hospital admission or to shorten the length of an inpatient stay.
Hospitalization Services: Screening of, and admission to, community based inpatient psychiatric units for individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis.
Individual Therapy for Adults: Therapy services are provided for individuals in the least restrictive outpatient environment. Best practice is to utilize sensitivity to the person's needs and implement a fluid approach to allow for transition during treatment.
The purpose of therapy and its processes is to follow the clinical procedure outlined by each of the following therapeutic interventions, to assist individuals with managing symptoms of illness, increase the individual's ability to cope with their illness and assist with reintegration to their community. The use of CBT, EMDR, SA, DBT, MI, Problem Solving, Reality and Family Therapy are the approaches that a Sanilac CMH Licensed Master Level therapist would utilize.
OBRA Services: OBRA services are mental health and psychiatric assessments for persons with symptoms/diagnosis of SMI or DD being considered for or currently placed in nursing homes. Nursing Home monitoring to assess response to mental health treatment and consultation with nursing facility staff to determine whether mental health recommendations are carried out.
Peer Support Services: Peer support specialist services provide individuals with opportunities to support, mentor and assist beneficiaries to achieve community inclusion, participation, independence, recovery, resiliency and/or productivity. Peers are individuals who have a unique background and skill level from their experience in utilizing services and supports to gain trust and respect of other beneficiaries based on shared experience and perspectives with disabilities, and with planning and negotiating human services systems. Peer support specialists work with individuals who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness.
They provide opportunities to learn and share coping skills and strategies, move into more active assistance and away from passive roles and to build and/or enhance self esteem and self confidence.
Respite Services: Respite is short-term care provided to a child/adult with a developmental disability or mental illness, who is living in a family home with a caregiver or parent. It is a planned and coordinated service to families providing them with temporary relief from the 24-hour responsibility of care and supervision for an individual with a developmental disability or mental illness. The primary goal of this service is to assist in providing temporary relief for unpaid caregivers.
Senior Services: Assistance for seniors regarding medical concerns, depression, stress management, mental wellness, legal/financial issues, living/placement options, Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Staff provide education and consultation for individuals, families, Senior Centers, meal sites, churches, the legal community and law enforcement.
Care Management: The goal of Care Management is to assist an individual diagnosed with a developmental disability and/or mental illness to achieve empowerment, community inclusion, health and safety assurances and natural supports. Services include assessment, planning, linkage, advocacy, coordination and monitoring to assist individuals in gaining access to needed health and dental services, financial assistance, legal representation, housing, employment, education, social services and other services and natural supports developed through the person centered planning process.
Care Management Offices are at:
David Ehardt Center: 217 E. Sanilac Ave. Sandusky, Michigan - Monday - Friday 8:00 am-5:00pm
Croswell Location: 110 N. Howard Ave., Croswell, Michigan - Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:00pm