Behavioral Health

Park Ridge Health HOPE programs offer a full range of behavioral and mental health services to assist women and older adults through life's difficult transitions. These programs provide patient-centered care founded on a Christian commitment to treat every person with dignity and respect.

Individual, group and family therapy are tailored to the needs of each our guests. All guest rooms, located within Park Ridge Health, are private and feature views of the surrounding western North Carolina mountains.

The HOPE Women's Program

The HOPE Women's Program at Park Ridge Health offers a full range of psychiatric services, including treatment for:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Trauma
• Co-dependency
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Grief and loss
• Eating disorders
• Dissociative identity disorders.

Treatment encourages empowerment of women to achieve self awareness, develop coping skills and redirect ineffective patterns of behavior. All of our guests receive individual and group therapy and medicine management therapy.

Eating disorder guests, additionally, will be placed on Eating Disorder Protocol and will have consultations with a dietician.

The HOPE Geropsychiatric Program

The HOPE Geropsychiatric Program specifically addresses the mental health needs of men and women aged 65 and older. The program offers treatment for:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Delirium
• Psychosis
• Other behavioral or cognitive dysfunction

Treatment includes individual and group therapies and Medicine Management to improve an individual's ability to live independently or to function comfortably in an institutional setting. Because many older adults with behavioral or cognitive disorders also suffer physical distress, all of our guests receive a comprehensive assessment of medication regimens, physical and psychiatric diagnoses and functional abilities.

The HOPE Medical Psychiatric Program

The HOPE Medical Psychiatric Program is designed to meet both the physical and psychiatric needs of adults aged 65 and older. This medical unit is equipped to address complicated medical problems, with total access to the consulting medical staff and resources within Park Ridge Hospital.

In considering a referral to this unit, the client must present psychiatric or behavioral issues, with significant secondary medical issues, at the time of admission. Treatment includes:

• Occupational therapy
• Individual and group therapies
• Medicine Management

For additional information on any HOPE programs, or to make a referral, please contact Hope Behavioral Health Services at 1-800-954-HOPE (4673). Park Ridge Hospital is a top-rated hospital conveniently located between Asheville and Hendersonville, at exit 44 off of I-26. Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and private pay are accepted.