Meadows Hospital Adds “Reality Store” to Adolescent Residential Treatment

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – (April 14, 2010) – Meadows Hospital, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently hosted “The Reality Store” to help youth connect academic achievement with the type of lifestyle they hope to have when they are on their own.



Participants received a simulated salary for a chosen career, based on what they expect to be their highest level of education. They then used their “salary” to pay for expenses related to marriage, children, pets, entertainment and other real-life factors. The Reality Store helped Meadows patients understand the many expected, as well as unexpected, expenses they could be face down the road.



“At Meadows Hospital, we appreciate the value in a comprehensive treatment program that helps patients with many aspects of their lives,” said Chief Executive Officer Jean Scallon.

“The Reality Store not only offers patients a better understanding of the importance of an education, but it showcases different challenges and opportunities they may face in the future.”

The Reality Store is a program of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce’s Franklin Initiative, a 501(c)(3) organization named for Benjamin Franklin. During the 2008-2009 school year, the program reached more than 1,000 students in Bloomington.

About Meadows Hospital
Meadows Hospital provides each patient with comprehensive behavioral health treatment. Services are offered to children ages six to 12, adolescents ages 13 to 18 and adults on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Meadows Hospital also provides residential treatment. For more information visit www.meadowsmediapsi.com

About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, visit www.mediapsi.com

Maranda Richardson
(o) 812-961-2423
(c) 812-327-5889
maranda.richardson
@psysolutions.com

Toni Marshall
(o) 615-780-3361
(c) 201-323-4360
toni.marshall@dvl.com

Cheryl Bak
(o) 615-780-3351
(c) 301-461-2257
cheryl.bak@dvl.com

209 7th Ave. N.
Nashville, TN 37219

This release was published on openPR.