Cedar Springs Hospital
Colorado Springs, CO

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc (PSI) is proud to announce the launch of Patriot Support, a PSI initiative to provide quality care to service members and their families across the nation deal with the stress of war.

"It's well documented that multiple deployments to combat zones have taken a tremendous toll on the brave Warriors in our military forces, as well as their families," said Joey Jacobs, CEO of PSI.

Cedar Springs Hospital is one of eight facilities, designated as Patriot Support Centers, tailoring services to the particular needs of this population. Cedar Springs offers acute inpatient and residential programs and has developed a special program called the Recovery Zone for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD. Other programs treat depression, substance abuse and general anxiety disorders that may be symptomatic of difficult combat situations, separation from families, and the stress of financial, marital, or other problems. We are also using virtual Reality Prolonged Exposure therapy as a means of effectively assisting the service member in the processing of traumatic memories and events.

Charles H. Dukes will head Patriot Support Center at Cedar Springs Hospital. Charles Dukes, MD, the Director of Military Psychiatry at Cedar Springs is a Major in the U.S. Army Reserve who has been deployed to Iraq.

Patriot Support Centers like Cedar Springs "seek to partner with the military to provide quality mental health care to service members. For these Americans who have answered the call to duty, we proudly answer the call to care" said Dr. Dukes.