Schizophrenia Treatment Services

Welcome to the Schizophrenia Treatment Services at The Institute of Living.  Here you will find descriptions of the Family Resource Center, the Potential Clinic, the Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, the Cognitive Rehabilitation and Educational Skills Training Program, the Schizophrenia Consultation Team, and information about our professional staff.  Links are also available to other programs across the continuum of care at The Institute of Living that provide care for people dealing with schizophrenia and related disorders.

Schizophrenia Treatment Services at The Institute of Living (IOL) are expanding and uniting into a national center of excellence to provide specialized, innovative care for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and related disorders.  The programs serve patients (children, adolescents, adults, and older adults) and their families by providing specialized treatment throughout our continuum of care.  Treatment for each patient involves both innovative and well-established treatment methods designed to promote optimal functioning.

For more information, contact:
James C. Seltzer, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Senior Consultant for Schizophrenia Services
Phone: (860) 545-7252  Fax: (860) 545-7510
E-mail:  jseltze@harthosp.org

Additional Information

Current Staff and Faculty

Selected Research Projects

Programs of the Schizophrenia Initiative:

Buckingham Residential Program
This program provides housing for patients who cannot live on their own, or who need more support than can be provided at home, or in their current living situation. Housing can also be provided for out-of-state patients who cannot immediately live on their own, or who can benefit from supervised, communal living.  Residential counselors assist patients in utilizing community resources and to work toward greater independence and the establishment of residency in the community. [Contact: Peter Adelsberger at (860) 545-7059 or padelsb@harthosp.org]

Family Resource Center (FRC) - A Service for Families and Friends Dealing with Schizophrenia and Other Related Disorders
The FRC is the hub of The Institute of Living's Schizophrenia Programs.  The FRC provides educational, supportive, and out-reach services to families.  The FRC offers an accessible and user friendly, comprehensive source of information on the disorder, its treatment, and what community resources are available.  The FRC also provides for the training and development of staff.  [Contact:  Lawrence Haber, Ph.D., Director, Family Resource Center at (860) 545-7731 or lhaber@harthosp.org]

Potential - Early Psychosis Clinic
The Potential Clinic is a program for young adults aged 17 to 25 who are experiencing a psychotic illness and have been ill less than five years.   [Contact:  Lawrence Haber, Ph.D., Director, Family Resource Center at (860) 545-7731 or lhaber@harthosp.org]

Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program (SRP)
The SRP serves adult patients with schizophrenia who need ambulatory care.  A full range of treatment services are provided with an emphasis on cognitive rehabilitation and employment goals to improve adaptive functioning.  [Contact:  Warren Thime, Ph. D. at (860) 545-7680 or wthime@harthosp.org]

The Cognitive Rehabilitation and Education Skills Training Program of the Grace S. Webb School (CREST)
The CREST Program is a unique, multi-disciplinary, special education program for students with psychotic diagnoses.  These students have been unable to profit from education even within a highly structured academic setting.  The low stimulus environment is intensively staffed (approximately 2 to 1 programming ratio) to provide intensive support while maintaining students within a community atmosphere.  Students and their families are educated to understand and compensate for symptoms of their illness.  CREST specifically address the emotional, cognitive, and motivational issues of the student with psychotic processes.  [Contact:  Kikke Levin-Gerdner at (860) 547-7054 or klevingerdner@harthosp.org]

Schizophrenia Consultation Team (SCT)
The SCT is a "think tank" consisting of a multidisciplinary group of experts in the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.  The SCT's goal is to provide assistance to professionals, patients, and families dealing with complicated or treatment resistant aspects of the illness.  This assistance is provided through the development and evaluation of evidence based models of treatment throughout the IOL continuum of care.  Direct consultations for individual patients in the IOL system of care, as well as people being treated in other healthcare programs are also available.  [Contact:  James Seltzer, Ph.D. at (860) 545-7252 or jseltze@harthosp.org]

In addition to these specialty services, the IOL offers a complete range of assessment, inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient services for children, adults and the elderly covering the complete range of psychiatric and dual diagnosis issues.  [Contact:  Assessment Center at (860) 545-7200]

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