Naval Medical Center San Diego Patients Find Relief at OASIS
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS101123-10
11/23/2010
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amanda L. Kilpatrick, Naval Medical Center San Diego Public Affairs
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) hosted the grand opening of the Overcoming Adversity and Stress Injury Support (OASIS) residential program aboard Naval Base Point Loma Nov. 19.
OASIS is a new treatment program that provides intensive mental health care for service members with combat related mental health symptoms from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as major depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and substance abuse problems.
"This program was brought about after seeing that active duty service members with combat related stress symptoms require intensive care, which is very different than that offered to civilians with non-combat PTSD," said Lt. Cmdr (Dr.) Paul Sargent, OASIS division officer.
Care is provided seven days a week for 10-12 weeks, and service members reside within the facility while they receive treatment. Services include weekly individual psychotherapy, daily group psychotherapy, family skills training, medication management, intensive sleep retraining, vocational rehabilitation and complementary rehabilitation such as yoga and meditation led by experts in these fields.
"We are a unique and ground breaking program that showcases the spirit and initiative of providers and staff at NMCSD to develop solutions which support the needs of the line community," said Sargent.
The OASIS staff is comprised of mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, recreation therapists, registered nurses, case managers and psychiatric technicians.
"Our hope is that this will facilitate retention on active duty of service members that would otherwise not be able to be retained due to the severity of their mental health symptoms," said Sargent.
The program currently has nine patients in treatment and will ultimately treat up to 20 patients at a time.
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