Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Program
The University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Program offers an extensive array of services to referring clinicians for their patients in need of acute psychiatric hospitalization. A multidisciplinary team assessment of the child and interviews with the child’s family and school ensure a thorough evaluation of the crisis. The team that completes the assessment also develops a treatment plan with the patient and family for rapid intervention to stabilize the crisis. Our teams consist of:
- A Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow or Resident, Master’s Level Social Worker, Education Specialist, Registered Nurse specializing in psychiatry, Occupational/Recreational Therapist, and a Dietician.
- Additional team members can include a Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Psychologist, Speech and Language Pathologist and consultants from all medical and surgical specialties at the University of Michigan.
With our average length of stay is seven days, the entire team will meet to review progress on a minimum of five of the days. The benefit of the multidisciplinary team approach is the rapid assessment and treatment of the child.
All Inclusive Care for Complicated Psychiatric Illness
Although the choices of treatment have improved, treating psychiatric illness in the young remains complicated. At the University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Program, medication is not the sole means of treatment. Individual and family psychotherapy, recreational therapy, occupational therapy, milieu therapy, educational interventions, nutrition and many other modalities are critical to successful treatment outcome. When medication is recommended as a part of the treatment plan, our experienced faculty will offer the safest and most effective options .
When All Else Fails
A family needs to know where to go when traditional psychiatric interventions cannot help their child. At the University of Michigan Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Program, we offer assessment and care of the most resistant psychiatric illnesses in children and adolescents. What we offer includes
- Options for treatment resistant depression in adolescents including augmentation pharmacotherapy, combination pharmacotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy.
- An Eating Disorder protocol for treatment of resistant eating disorders in adolescents and children.
- Multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of physical aggression and/or inattention in preschool-age and school-age children.
- The extensive diagnostic resources available at the University of Michigan and its renowned staff and faculty.
- The clinical expertise to effectively assess and manage homicidal ideation, suicidal risk, aggression, psychosis, complicated diagnostic questions and psychosocial issues in children and adolescents.