residential treatment

Inpatient recovery program

Residential treatment is a form of care where patients live at a facility while receiving intensive therapy or rehabilitation.

The term most often applies to mental health, addiction recovery, or behavioral programs for adolescents: After two outpatient programs failed, her parents considered residential treatment.

Stays typically last weeks to months, distinguishing it from brief hospitalization.

Opposites
treatment setting/location

residential treatmentoutpatient treatment

Care without overnight admission

outpatient care · outpatient therapy · ambulatory care · telehealth · virtual therapy

intensity of care

residential treatmentoutpatient

Treated without admission

self-help · support group · peer support · aftercare · support groups

intervention vs. no intervention

residential treatmentuntreated

Not given care

self-management · going it alone · white-knuckling · cold turkey

Family

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