IntelliHealth On-Call Mental Health Services

Programs & Services

IntelliHealth takes the stress out of making it to an appointment by bringing the treatment wherever it's needed.

Health Services for Patients

Throughout our lives we are faced with change and the resulting effects on life around us. Change is a regular part of our daily life. There are times however, where change is the result of a major life transition and our ability to adapt to the new environment is beyond our skill level. Therapy offers individuals or families a process to work through what this life change means. Often when faced with a change we look for ways to incorporate this into the life we are leading. In the case of a major life transition, counseling helps to determine how the life we are leading will adapt to this foundational shift. Your counselor is here to help identify these issues and the other adjustment issues as you move forward through the many life transitions that help to create the person we are today.
The specific conditions and situations that IntelliHealth treats are as follows:

Depression
Anxiety Disorders
Anger Management
Behavior Problems
Grief & Loss
Memory Loss
Transition & Adjustment Disorder
Post-surgical Mental Health Care
Chronic conditions including but not limited to Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pain
Drug and Alcohol Dependency

Smooth Residential Transition & Adjustment

An adjustment (transition) disorder occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stressor, like a major life event. Since people with this disorder normally have symptoms that depressed people do, such as general loss of interest, feelings of hopelessness and crying, this disorder is also sometimes known as situational depression. Unlike major depression however, the disorder is caused by an outside stressor and generally resolves once the individual is able to adapt to the situation.

Adjustment disorder may also be acute or chronic, depending on whether it lasts more or less than six months. If the adjustment disorder lasts less than 6 months, then it may be considered acute. If it lasts more than 6 months, it may be considered chronic. Diagnosis of adjustment disorder is quite common; there is an estimated incidence of 5–21% among psychiatric consultation services for adults. Adult women are diagnosed twice as often as are adult men.

TREATMENT
Often, the recommended treatment for adjustment disorder is psychotherapy. The goal of psychotherapy is symptom relief and behavior change. Treatment allows the patient to put his or her distress or rage into words rather than into destructive actions. Individual therapy can help a person gain the support they need, identify these abnormal responses and maximize the use of the individual's strengths. Counseling, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, family therapy, behavioral therapy and self-help group treatment are often used to encourage the verbalization of fears, anxiety, rage, helplessness, and hopelessness. As prescribed by the patient’s physician, sometimes small doses of antidepressants and anxiolytics are also used in addition to other forms of treatment.

In addition to professional help, family and caregivers can help their relative with their difficulty adjusting by:

offering encouragement to talk about his/her emotions
offering support and understanding
reassuring the resident that their reactions are normal
communicate with family members to with updates on the resident’s progress
assisting residents in making simple decisions, such as what show to watch on TV or what activities they enjoy most, etc.
having the patient engage in a hobby or activity they enjoy
encouraging residents to engage in assisted living activities
As these situations effects family, significant others, treatment and counseling are not only directed towards residents, but also involve the patients family, close friends and care-givers.

For these transitional situations and adjustment disorders, IntelliHealth offers an awareness program, baseline and ongoing assessments and individual and group therapy for residents.

Baseline and Ongoing Assessments

IntelliHealth health care providers that are State of Florida Licensed Clinical Psychologists or Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) trained in mental health therapy and counseling performs baseline initial assessments. These standardized assessments identifies individuals that may have an adjustment disorder at the time of assessment or are deemed to be “at risk” to develop one. Individual treatment plans will be developed by the LCSWs. IntelliHealth providers will work collaboratively with the resident’s physicians and community staff.

Awareness Activities

IntelliHealth creates awareness of its services through a variety of methods including (but not limited to):

Community presentations directed to residents and families
Educational initiatives directed to facility staff
Informational fliers for facility marketing
Newsletter information

Individual & Group Therapy

At the time of initial assessment, individuals will enter therapy (if appropriate). After obtaining consent to treat (either from the resident directly, from their guardian or POA), therapy will either be performed on an individual basis or in a group setting or both. Treatment will be ongoing as deemed appropriate by the therapist.

Data Collection, Management and Reporting (Optional)

An optional, yet recommended, element for this program is that IntelliHealth, with cooperation from the IntelliHealth Advisory Committee, will create a marketing data initiative that would examine the effectiveness of the program. This would be accomplished through a pre and post questionnaire.

Points of Service

Partnering with Patients

A unique differentiator for IntelliHealth and its patients, is that we treat patients in the privacy of their own homes. Many patients are receptive to this convenient approach to care because of the nature of confidentiality related to psychotherapy and often patients have physical limitations and/or lack of transportation.

Partnering with Residential Communities

For communities/facilities IntelliHealth offers many important services for their residents. IntelliHealth places Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Clinical Psychologists at no cost to the facility. These therapists participate in the patients care as a member of their treatment team. IntelliHealth clinicians focus their care on mental health conditions and behavior modification and provide family support, all resulting in positive transitions for clients and staff. Additional benefits for facilities include staff education, clinical support services and specialized mental health programs.

Partnering with Hospitals

For hospitals, IntelliHealth works with hospital staff that is responsible for discharge referrals for after hospital care in out-patient settings. In these situations, IntelliHealth provides mental health services for:

Case Management
Cancer
Cardiac
Rehabilitation
Post-surgical
Behavioral Medicine
Chronic Diseases
General Medicine
Drug & Alcohol Dependency

Partnering with Healthcare Companies

IntelliHealth develops mutually
beneficial relationships with other healthcare stakeholders. These relationships encompass
a variety of services as IntelliHealth provides:

education for staff related to mental health conditions
additional resources for its partners clientele
co-promotion of services
clinical support

*Relationships are developed with home health care agencies, home companion caregivers, physician practices and in-patient community and institutions. The nature of these relationships is individualized to the needs of each participating company.

Partnering with Healthcare Providers

Advantages of Working with IntelliHealth - there are many advantages for therapists who opt to work with IntelliHealth. IntelliHealth develops relationships with “decision making” facility representatives and referring clinicians, allowing for access to patients in various settings. We appropriately market our provider’s services locally and provide other “key” value added services such as a state-of-the-art Medicare compliant electronic health record, billing and clinical support.

IntelliHealth provides a full range of mental health Psychotherapeutic services for patients in a variety of settings, including in assisted living facilities, independent residences & residential communities and hospitalized patients. Our experienced and qualified therapists, primarily LCSWs are fully licensed, practice in-step with accepted evidenced-based clinical protocols & are responsible and respectful in the care they give. Our programs are delivered at no additional cost to a residential community, as we directly bill Medicare, the patients’ private insurance and offer sliding scale fee for service. IntelliHealth recognizes that there is often a need for a continuum of care for individuals from their homes to assisted living facilities to skilled nursing homes/hospitals. IntelliHealth licensed clinical social worker and clinical psychologist therapists, assist patients along the way with efforts to coordinate care, provide compassionate and skilled therapy.
For information regarding IntelliHealth services or employment please feel free to contact us.

JOIN OUR TEAM: Email your cover letter, resume & references to:
Employment@intellihealth
If you are interested in employment opportunities with IntelliHealth,
please email your resume with a cover letter and references.
At this time IntelliHealth is actively recruiting LCSW and Clinical Psychologists
in Manatee and Sarasota counties in Florida.