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Bringing
everyone
together
Silver Hill’s
Main 2 Makeover Consolidates Dual Diagnosis Program
Sometimes a renovation does more than just update a needy building. Sometimes it brings people together too.
Silver Hill Hospital completed a major renovation of Main 2 last year that consolidated two inpatient dual diagnosis (substance abuse and mental illness concurrently) treatment locations. The now sparkling Main 2
is the second floor of the Patricia
Regnemer Main House. Prior to the renovation, patients had to board a Silver Hill bus twice a day to fulfill their daily schedule and staff was split between our east and west campuses.
“I love us all being together,” Nancy Greene, Silver Hill’s Nurse Manager, said. “We didn’t have the therapeutic team in one place and that’s probably the biggest thing we’ve returned to by
Thank you...
Your support of Silver Hill Hospital helps us make critical upgrades to our facilities, such as the Main 2 renovations.
A Patient’s Journey
Meet Natasha, a former patient at Silver Hill. She received treatment for depression at one of our inpatient programs and followed up with outpatient treatment here. Follow her story below to see how her transformation unfolded.
“Sitting at home made me feel like I didn’t have a purpose,” Natasha said. “I came in feeling really hopeless.”
Natasha came to Silver Hill three days a week and joined other women for two-and-a-half-hour group therapy sessions.
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In her own words, Natasha was in a “really bad place” when her mother suggested she go to Silver Hill Hospital.
Natasha, a young woman, was on a break from her job, enduring rough relationships and feeling depressed.
After a valuable and effective stay at the Patricia Regnemer Main House for inpatient care, Natasha enrolled in Silver Hill’s Outpatient Women’s Group.
The expert care by Silver
Hill social workers and psychiatrists helped Natasha and others in the group
build confidence and learn strategies to better deal with conflict, relationships, and negative emotions in their everyday lives.
