Children and Adolescents
Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
If your child is struggling with mental illness and/or substance abuse – or has become a danger to himself or others – we're here to provide you and your loved one with help and healing.
Hope and recovery are within reach. Contact us today and start the healing process.
954-276-3400Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit (CATS)
Our Child and Adolescent Treatment Services (CATS) Behavioral Health Unit at Memorial Regional Hospital is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide round-the-clock psychiatric care, including psychiatric evaluation and psychiatric stabilization for youth experiencing a mental health and/or substance abuse crisis or related mental health issue.
Our 12-bed unit is designed for children ages 5-17 years who have been diagnosed with a mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder. The average length of stay is 4 days.
Through our affiliation with Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, we are able to offer you and your child mental health support in a safe and therapeutic environment. Our hospital-based inpatient psychiatric unit gives us the unique ability to provide medical services on the spot, including EKGs, X-rays or other medical tests and treatments if needed.
As required by federal guidelines, mental health services are available to those who meet the age, psychiatric and/or medical criteria. Incoming patients are never denied access due to inability to pay or geographic location of origin.
CATS Unit Additional Information
- Psychiatric evaluation
- Psychiatric treatment
- Psychiatric stabilization
- Biopsychosocial assessments
- Lethality assessments
- Suicide prevention (those with suicidal thoughts/suicidal ideation)
- Psychiatric medication management and adjustment
- Treatment for mood disorders
- Treatment for thought disorders
- Substance abuse treatment and detoxification
- Individual and group therapy
- Parent education groups (coping skills)
- Discharge planning for the next level of care
- Board-certified psychiatrists
- A psychologist
- Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)
- Registered nurses
- Licensed practical nurses
- Psychiatric assistants
- Social workers
- Licensed clinical therapists
- Recreational therapists
- Clinical resource managers
- Psycho-pharmacologist (pharmacist)
- Specialty medical physicians
- Peer specialists
- Dieticians
Hope and recovery are within reach. Contact us today and start the healing process.
954-276-3400
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