Cedar Springs Hospital Co-Sponsors Community Training Event

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  - (July 19, 2010) - Cedar Springs Hospital, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently co-sponsored a community training event entitled “Caring for Military Behavioral Health Patients.”  The event took place on July 9 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Colorado Springs.  The Southern Colorado Coalition of Acute Behavioral Healthcare Providers and TriWest Healthcare Alliance also served as co-sponsors.

The event familiarized outpatient behavioral health providers about treatment programs and protocols for military patients and their family members who may be experiencing mental health issues associated with deployment.  The goal was to equip providers with information needed to better identify and treat these patients.

Presentation topics included PTSD, substance abuse, Veterans Affairs, and TriCare, among others.

The event attracted national representatives from TriWest, along with representatives from Fort Carson and several community providers.

The event offered Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to physicians, nurses and social workers who attended.

The Southern Colorado Coalition’s primary objective is to provide local military installations with sound information regarding services offered, as well as to open the door for feedback pertaining to the military’s needs, what the facilities may do to improve their military services and what is needed from military representatives when treating soldiers and airmen.

About Cedar Springs Hospital
Cedar Springs Hospital is a fully licensed, 110-bed private hospital specializing in the treatment of psychiatric, addictive and co-occurring disorders in children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Treatment programs include inpatient psychiatric stabilization, residential chemical dependency and dual-diagnosis treatment for adults, residential Complex PTSD/PTSD for adults and psychiatric residential treatment. Cedar Springs Hospital is one of eight PSI Patriot Support Centers with dedicated military programs. The facility is licensed by the State of Colorado and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a community service, the hospital provides free face-to-face assessments and referral services by appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, please visit www.cedarspringsmediapsi.com or www.psipatriotsupport.com

About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com

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