n.noun
/out·pa·tient/

Outpatient treatment is any treatment that does not require the individual to stay at the hospital or treatment facility for a durational period of time. This kind of treatment has generally been used in assisting young men and women who struggle with therapeutic and/or addictive disorders, but do not require the full-time assistance of an inpatient commitment. While individuals that attend outpatient treatment programs do have genuine and serious disorders, that have just not reached the severity that requires an inpatient program.

Young individuals that struggle with therapeutic maladies such as, ADD(ADHD), obsessive compulsive disorders, anger issues, insomnia etc, are all excellent candidates for an outpatient based therapeutic treatment. People who struggle with a minor substance abuse problem and/or addictions may also find the helpful treatment that an outpatient program has to offer. However, when these kinds of therapeutic or behavioral ailments reach such a level of severity that it starts to destroy a person’s life, outpatient programs may not be effective in treating those people. Instead, people will most likely gain benefit from the services of an in-patient treatment.