Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center

Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center is a government affiliated mental health and substance abuse treatment program in Lawton, Oklahoma. They serve clients of all ages through inpatient treatment programs. They also provide primary care to clients, helping them to consolidate their healthcare during treatment.

The lingering stigma that surrounds behavioral health and substance abuse treatment has created big misconceptions about treatment programs. Perhaps one of the biggest is that inpatient programs take months. Nothing could be further from the truth.

While inpatient care takes place in a secure hospital setting, the comfort of each client is a priority, as a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere increases the chances of successful treatment. Inpatient programs are typically short term solutions that serve to stabilize and assess a client’s needs before planning a long term care plan, which typically involves progressing through lower levels of outpatient care.

While residential programs can take one or more months, hospital settings like this one focus on quick stabilization so they can serve clients as needed.