Day treatment programs are available for the treatment of various types of mental illness including:

• Substance abuse and dependence. The chronic use of a substance, usually alcohol or drugs, that alters mood or behavior and significantly impairs an individual’s life.
  
  
• Schizophrenia. A chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder that impacts a person’s ability to distinguish between real and unreal experiences, think logically, have normal emotional responses and behave appropriately in social situations.
  
  
• Depressive disorders. chronic conditions marked by feelings of sadness, anger or frustration that may interfere with a person’s life. These include dysthymia and major depression.
  
  
• Bipolar disorder. A condition characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania.
  
  
• Anxiety disorders. Emotional disorders characterized by a debilitating and disruptive anxiety that can interfere with a patient’s daily activities. Types of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), phobias, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  
  
• Borderline personality disorder (BPD). A condition that causes patients to have periods of unstable emotions that seriously affect their lives.
  
  
• Eating disorders. These involve serious disturbances in eating behavior including unhealthy reduction of food intake (anorexia nervosa), severe overeating and/or dangerous methods to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting (bulimia nervosa).
  
  
• Developmental disorders. Disorders characterized by a wide range of problems that usually first begin to appear during infancy, childhood or adolescence. These can include:
  
  
• • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A neurological condition characterized by inattentiveness, overactivity and impulsivity. ADHD is often accompanied by restlessness and mood swings.
    
    
  • Autism. A complex developmental disorder that affects the brain's normal development of social and communication skills. Patients with autism are typically self-isolating, self-stimulating and unresponsive to reality.
    
    
  • Asperger’s syndrome. A developmental disorder that is similar to autism, but with a higher level of functioning. Patients with Asperger’s syndrome generally have problems with social skills and nonverbal communication.
    
    
  • Mental retardation. A below average general intellectual function and associated deficits in adaptive behavior that occurs before age 18.
    
    
• Cognitive disorders. Conditions that affect an individual’s ability to think and reason. These include:
  
  
• • Dementia. A progressive loss of intellectual function that impairs an individual’s ability to engage in everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia. Patients with dementia often have difficulty thinking, remembering and/or reasoning.