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specialized children's services, substance use treatment, education, prevention, and program education. Prairie View also received the American Psychiatric Association's highest recognition, the Gold Award, in 1968. In the years since, Prairie View has expanded to five campuses and oers a complete range of addiction, behavioral and mental health services, including acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, individual and family therapy, services for adults and older adults, pastoral counseling, child and adolescent services, special purpose school, marriage counseling, alcohol and substance use treatment, and an inpatient Addictions Treatment Center. Prairie View also has continued to stay on the cutting edge, adding telehealth services through its Newton and McPherson o•ces and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy at its East Wichita o•ce. CORE PHILOSOPHIES Holding individuals responsible for their behavior is a basic tenant for Prairie View, and Dr. Fast says it is more than dangling a carrot. "It is developing a culture of personal growth while encouraging individual integrity and corporate accountability," he says. "This growth is possible when individuals become self-aware and accepting of their strengths and limitations in a setting of non-judgmental expectation." Dr. Fast says these expectations allow for both forgiveness and fulfillment. "When individuals are aware of their expectations and see 'failure' to meet the expectations as growth opportunities, it is easier to accept one's limitations and plan for the future," he says. "Likewise, accepting the limitations of one's strength does not allow for over-promising or taking responsibility for others, but for the critical growth of those we care for the most." He says Prairie View stresses the importance of personal integrity and honesty flowing fluidly through personal life, employment, community relationships and relationship with God, as this promotes a consistent self-awareness which leads to individual peace and contentment, as well as trust and commitment to others. COMMUNITY OF CARE Prairie View sta has always stressed the importance of quality with economy, moving patients from the inpatient hospital to less restrictive treatment options like partial hospitalization, group therapy and outpatient treatment as soon as possible. "The cost control focus of today, as well as our basic treatment philosophy, requires quality care with careful management of human and physical resources," Dr. Fast says. He also notes that integrating behavioral health and primary care treatment is critical in providing the comprehensive care oered to Prairie View's patients. "Our philosophy incorporates the Community of Care concept in which treatment information is actively shared with other healthcare providers in order to meet the overall needs of our patients in a proactive and cost-eective manner," he says. "Primary care providers' insights and input is valued as we diagnose and treat mutual patients." ■ Highlighted Services + Prairie View is the first behavioral health services provider in central Kansas to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy. NeuroStar TMS Therapy is an FDA-cleared, noninvasive, non-drug outpatient treatment option for adults with major depressive disorder who have tried other depression treatments and felt they didn't help achieve the desired results. + The Addictions Treatment Center at Prairie View offers support, hope and recovery to those who are ready to deal with substance use and the underlying co-occurring disorders. + Prairie View boasts a large Older Adult Services program, which includes a range of outpatient therapy programs, the more intensive Life Transitions Program and partial hospitalization. + Prairie View also works closely with many area long-term care facilities in conducting on-site evaluations and treatment of residents. + Turning Point is a psychi - atric residential treatment facility located on Prairie View's Newton campus for adolescents between ages 10 and 17. It is a safe haven and a place to learn the skills needed to learn well. + Prairie View's Special Purpose School, in Newton, is designed to help students receive psychi - atric treatment as well as an education. ■ 1 4