Liz Davis, M.A., LPC

FMLA for Partial Hospital Patients

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Liz.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted in 1993 and offers employees up to 12 weeks of excused absence from their jobs every year. It was enacted to aid employees in balancing work and personal obligations, without having to choose between the two in times of crisis.
In Partial Hospital, a majority of our [...]

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Are You Kidding Me?

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Liz.

Is your PHP patient malingering?
Treatment received in a Partial Hospital setting is centered on a patient’s self-report. Do some patients exaggerate, pretend, or enhance their narratives? Yes.
Patients either step-down or step-up/walk-in to Partial Hospital. Our initial assessment will be based upon self-report in the initial interview and clinical observation. All goes well until we note [...]

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