If a person being treated for schizophrenia goes each day to a center where the focus is on improving social skills and receiving therapy, the person is participating in

A person is participating in partial hospitalization when he/she is being treated for schizophrenia and goes each day to a center where the focus is on improving social skills and receiving therapy. Partial hospitalization provides a program for outpatient psychiatric services. This is more intense than the care given by a doctor. Likewise, this treatment is given during the day and does not require the patient to stay overnight.