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Glossary of Terms

List of Terms that deal with addiction, addiction recovery, drug rehabs and halfway houses:

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Indemnity Plan - Indemnity insurance plans are an alternative to managed care plans. These plans charge consumers a set amount for coverage and reimburse (fully or partially) consumers for most medical services.

Independent Living Services - Support for a young person living on his or her own. These services include therapeutic group homes, supervised apartment living, and job placement. Services teach youth how to handle financial, medical, housing, transportation, and other daily living needs, as well as how to get along with others.

Individualized Services - Services designed to meet the unique needs of each child and family. Services are individualized when the caregivers pay attention to the needs and strengths, ages, and stages of development of the child and individual family members.

Individual Therapy - Therapy tailored for a patient/client that is administered one-on-one.

Information and Referral Services - Information services are those designed to impart information on the availability of clinical resources and how to access them. Referral services are those that direct or guide, a client/patient with appropriate services provided outside of your organization.

In Home Family Services - Mental health treatment and support services offered to children and adolescents with mental illness and to their family members in their own homes or apartments.

Inpatient - High to moderately acute level of care. Although treatment may not always take place in a traditional hospital setting, 24 hour nursing care is provided with a physician on call 24 hours per day. Inpatient is highly structured with many restrictions to assure the safety of the patients and may occur on locked units. A high priority is placed on stabilizing self destructive behaviors, medications and suicidal ideation. Medical models are most often used and therapy is based on a cognitive behavioral and psycho-educational approach. Length of stay will vary from just a few days to 4 weeks. A caution when checking insurance, inpatient benefits usually refer to this level of care and are defined by 24 hour nursing care. Residential benefits are often a separate category and not covered. Many clients have been unpleasantly surprised to find out their coverage was denied when they thought an RTC was considered inpatient.

Insight - Awareness and understanding of the origins and meanings of your attitudes, behaviors and feelings

Intake/ Screening - Services designed to briefly assess the type and degree of a client’s/patient’s mental health condition to determine whether services are needed and to link him/her to the most appropriate and available service. Services may include interviews, psychological testing, physical examinations including speech/hearing, and laboratory studies.

Intermittent Explosive Disorder - A disorder characterized by repeated episodes of aggressive, violent behavior.

Intensive Case Management - Intensive community services for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness that are designed to improve planning for their service needs. Services include outreach, evaluation, and support.

Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) - May be in a hospital setting or in an outpatient counseling center. Often these take the place of an inpatient or residential treatment stay and are considered Primary Care. They are cognitive behaviorally based and offer a lot of psycho-education around the addiction or mental health diagnosis, often including a 12-step component. Most therapy takes place in groups although many will offer limited individual counseling on an as needed basis. Typical program length is 4-8 weeks. The number of days per week will range between 3 and 5 and will meet from 3-8 hours per day. Some IOPs for substance abuse may provide ambulatory detox under the supervision of a Dr. in an effort to avoid inpatient hospitalization.