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SILVER HILL HOSPITAL
HELP FOR EXECUTIVES AND PROFESSIONALS
“A FIRST STEP IN COMING INTO TREATMENT AT THE STEWARD HOUSE IS FOR PATIENTS TO SHIFT THEIR FOCUS BACK TO TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH.” – SAMUEL A. BALL, PH.D., FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE STEWARD HOUSE, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY & ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS AT YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
The Steward House at Silver Hill is a unique collaboration with Yale New Haven Health and Yale Department of Psychiatry that focuses on the treatment of executives and other professionals in high-stress positions who have developed serious mental health or substance use problems.
“This is a wonderful collaboration. There is real synergy here, as the program uniquely weds the distinctive professionalism and environment of the Silver Hill Hospital with the innovative leadership
of Yale Psychiatry,” says John Krystal, MD, chair of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and chief of Psychiatry at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Even the strongest, most ambitious and resilient professionals can struggle with mental health and substance use problems, including those responsible for overseeing large organizations or in important leadership positions. The Steward House at Silver Hill is a residential program exclusively for leaders to rediscover and strengthen
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