Definitions of Categories of Care for Treatment Scout GPT

Over the past several years, NAMI Montana has published some version of its "Treatmetn Scout" tool to share it's internal resources for finding niche brain health care in facilities around the United States. We initially started the project for Montana families seeking inpatient mental health care in Seattle. It was a really common situation and for several reasons the inpatient mental health options in Seattle are really hard to decipher even if you have looked through them before.

The current iteration of Treatment Scout is Treatment Scout GPT. We are really excited about it, but you have to know what category of care you're looking for in order to get the most out of the tool.

Here are definitions for the main categories of care covered by Treatment Scout GPT. These definition do not align perfectly with every organization that offers, pays for, or describes these types of care; but they feel like the most instinctive way to describe them for people that may need the services.

1. Inpatient Addiction: Inpatient addiction treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe addiction who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

2. Inpatient Mental Health: Inpatient mental health treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe mental health symptoms who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

3. Inpatient Mental Health & Addiction: Inpatient mental health and addiction treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe mental health symptoms and addiction who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

4. Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP): An Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is a structured form of mental health or substance abuse treatment that offers more intensive therapy and support than traditional outpatient therapy but does not require 24/7 residential care. IOPs provide a bridge between standard outpatient treatment and more intensive, residential programs. Participants typically attend therapy sessions multiple times per week, often including individual and group therapy, while still living at home.

5. Ketamine Treatment for Depression: A rapidly acting treatment using low doses of ketamine, often for treatment-resistant depression, administered in a medical setting. This includes the brand of treatment – Esketamine.

6. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): A medical procedure using controlled electrical currents to treat severe depression and other serious mental health conditions when other treatments have failed.

7. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): A non-invasive therapy that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain, often used for depression that hasn’t responded to medications.

8. Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): A step-down from inpatient care, offering intensive day treatment for mental health or addiction issues, allowing the participant to return home at night.

9. Veterans Healthcare: Mental health and addiction treatment programs specifically designed for U.S. military veterans, often provided by or affiliated with the VA.

10. Inpatient Autism: Inpatient autism treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe autism spectrum symptoms who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

11. Inpatient Dementia: Inpatient dementia treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe dementia symptoms who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

12. Inpatient Eating Disorder: Inpatient eating disorder treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe eating disorder symptoms who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

13. Inpatient Intellectual Disabilities: Inpatient intellectual disabilties treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe symptoms accompanying an intellectual disability who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

14. Inpatient Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Inpatient OCD treatment, also known as residential treatment, involves a person staying in a hospital or treatment center for an extended period to receive intensive therapy and support. This type of treatment is best suited for those with severe OCD symptoms who require 24-hour medical supervision and a highly structured environment.

15. Mental Health Crisis Care: Emergency services for people experiencing an acute mental health crisis, such as suicidal ideation or psychosis. Immediate intervention is provided.

16. Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB): An injection targeting nerves in the neck to help regulate the body's stress response. Often used for post traumatic stress and trauma-related conditions.

We are still filling in some of categories, but I think our list of over 5,000 facilities does a great job in covering: (1) inpatient addiction, (2) inpatient mental health, (3) inpatient mental health and addiction, (4) intensive outpatient treatment, (5) partial hospitalization, (6) transcranial magnetic stimulation, (7) ketamine for depression, and (8) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

You can check out Treatment Scout GPT at this link. Remember that it's just another information tool - always make sure to do additional research and double-checking. Find more interesting mental health resources at the NAMI Montana website.

Thank you,

Matt Kuntz

Executive Director

NAMI Montana