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Results
The following results are derived from over 3,000 clients and families served in 2022 — 1,908 of whom were admitted in 2022. Results are organized by measure and level of care: long-term residential, short- term residential, and outpatient clinic programs. Outpatient care includes therapeutic day treatment programs (also known as partial hospitalization programs, or PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs).
The recommended length of stay for each level of care is:
Long-term residential
10 to 14 months
Partial hospitalization program
Nine weeks
Short-term residential
Two to four months
Intensive outpatient program 15 weeks
For the results data that follows, we determined average percentage change based on reports from clients and families who completed questionnaires upon admission and at discharge or upon admission, at discharge, and post-discharge.
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Measuring Lasting Change: The Embark Behavioral Health Annual Outcomes Report
Within two weeks of admission, the average client experienced thoughts of suicide. At discharge, the average client reported no thoughts of suicide.
Suicide Risk
Upon admission in 2022, 52% of clients reported some thoughts or feelings of suicide. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors were measured through a score greater than 0 on item No. 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Clients were asked to report how often, over the past two weeks, they had thoughts they‘d be better off dead or of hurting themselves. Answer options included:
• Not at all.
• Several days.
• More than half the days. • Nearly every day.
Any response other than “Not at all” indicates suicidality.