About Fremont Hospital – Fremont
Fremont Hospital is a 148 bed psychiatric hospital in Fremont, California, about an hour from Union Square in San Francisco. The hospital has inpatient and outpatient programs for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors with psychiatric and substance use disorders. The hospital accepts insurance from most carriers, including Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, and PPOs.
Only one mile from beautiful Central Park and Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, the hospital is open 24/7 and the medical staff can assess an individual at any time. Staff will determine what treatment program is appropriate and get clients immediately admitted.
The adult inpatient services are for clients 18 and up and are equipped to handle clients with severe psychiatric disorders. The team uses evidence based treatment modalities to address both mental health and substance use disorders (SUD).
Clients participate in group and individual therapy. One of the unique programs here is the pet therapy. Pets help reduce a client’s anxiety, improve his/her social skills, and promote a sense of purpose.
The adult CDIOP approaches addiction as a social, mental, physical, and spiritual illness. Clients participate in sobriety based recovery groups, ongoing education, and counseling, both group and individual.
The treatment team uses the biopsychosocial model of recovery which takes into account all aspects of a client’s life during treatment. The program includes 10-16 weeks of treatment sessions that meet for three hours in the evening on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
There are inpatient and outpatient programs for teens 12-17. The programs tackle many different behavioral and emotional challenges and provide teens with coping skills that help them foster resiliency as they learn to address their issues. The treatment team uses a trauma informed approach to help teens discover underlying trauma that may affect their behavior.
The hospital has a 55+ program for older adults experiencing acute psychiatric illness. The admission criteria for this program include a primary psychiatric diagnosis and the client in need of inpatient treatment. They take voluntary and involuntary clients.