Prisma Health Richland Springs Hospital
11 Richland Medical Park Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
About Prisma Health Richland Springs Hospital
In metropolitan Columbia, South Carolina, Prisma Health Richland Springs Hospital is one of the largest behavioral health care programs in the state. It’s not too far from Segra Park and the state capital. Here you’ll find inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment programs for people of all ages. Inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs treat conditions like addiction, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression.
The inpatient children’s program treats kids aged five through 18 who have reached a crisis stage with their mental health disorder or addiction. The therapeutic environment and 24 hour medical care will help your child heal while maintaining their academic progress. The average stay is 5-7 days.
During treatment, you can expect they’ll participate in family conferences, a psychological evaluation, psychoeducational groups, and recreation therapy. Through these sessions they’ll learn new coping skills and receive at least two hours of education from teachers each day. Please note that children are not permitted to bring any electronics or stuffed animals.
The partial hospitalization program will allow kids to be treated in the intensive hospital setting Monday through Friday with the flexibility of returning home. Kids see the psychiatrist daily and participate in the same groups as the kids who are staying inpatient.
Full or half day outpatient treatment for adults is also available in this hospital setting. Adults in need of treatment can choose the mental health, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorder treatment track. I like these options because you have the ability to live at home, attend work and school, and still participate in intensive treatment.
A former patient of Prisma Health Richland Springs Hospital said he attended treatment here and it helped him change his life. Others mentioned that the staff doesn’t take mental illness seriously.