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Psychiatric Hospitals
As of January 1, 1981, petitioners did not own any
psychiatric hospitals although a number of petitioners' hospitals
operated psychiatric wards within them. During 1981, petitioners
acquired and operated 22 psychiatric hospitals. At the end of
1986, petitioners operated 39 psychiatric hospitals, which were
located in 14 States and one foreign country.
Petitioners' psychiatric hospitals provide for the mid- and
long-term treatment of persons suffering from mental and
emotional diseases and disorders. Typically, these facilities do
not provide the broad range of medical treatment provided by
petitioners' acute care hospitals.
Petitioners' psychiatric hospitals employ administrative
personnel, nurses, patient attendants, counselors, therapists,
pharmacists, and other medical personnel to care for patients
with mental and emotional diseases and disorders. The
professional personnel working at psychiatric facilities are
trained in procedures such as crisis intervention and special
therapies for treating mental problems associated with aging,
substance abuse, sexual abuse, depression, grief and loss, stress
management, and the emotional problems of adolescence, as well as
psychotic or chronic disorders. The treatment programs at the
psychiatric hospitals emphasize not only therapy and counseling,
but also education and the development of communication skills.
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