Overview
Clinic & Center Description:Adolescent Behavioral Health at Tacoma General is the first and only inpatient program in Pierce County designed specifically to help teens facing mental health crisis.
WHO WE ARE
Our new 27-bed hospital-based unit was designed to be a modern, inviting space with private rooms and open social areas, while also including state-of-the-art safety features to protect patients and staff.
Our collaborative team of pediatric and mental health experts includes a medical director, psychiatrists, psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioners, registered nurses, psychologists, educators, social workers, and mental health techs. Working together they create a treatment plan tailored to each teen’s needs, based on their diagnosis, background and triggers.
How We Help
Adolescent Behavioral Health at Tacoma General offers care and treatment to teens facing a range of mental health issues, including:
Major Depression
Anxiety Disorders
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder
We accept patients ages 13 through 17 on a voluntary, involuntary and parent-initiated treatment basis with a provider referral.
Our treatment program is based on the recovery model and trauma informed care (TIC), valuing kindness and empowering teens to play an active role in their recovery. A wide variety of activities for patients will be available, and parent/caregiver groups will also be available to provide support for families.
Each teen’s personalized treatment plan may include:
Care Coordination
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment
Creative arts therapy and recreation therapy
Family Groups
Individual counseling
Individualized treatment plan
Medication review and management
Multidisciplinary treatment interventions
Psychosocial assessment and discharge planningOnce teens are ready to leave our unit, their care team will work with the family and outpatient providers to have a safety plan in place. The team will also provide the parents or caregivers with tools and education on the treatment that happened during their teen’s stay and how to continue to use the skills that they developed. Follow-up appointments with their outpatient providers are also scheduled prior to discharge.
Intake Process:Referral Process
What Providers Need to Know
Adolescent Behavioral Health at Tacoma General accepts patients ages 13 through 17 on a voluntary, involuntary and parent-initiated treatment basis with a provider referral. Typical diagnoses or potential diagnoses appropriate to refer to us include: Major Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar DisorderHOW TO REFER
Referrals can be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There will be an intake nurse monitoring this number Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 5pm. After-hours and on weekends, the charge nurse will carry the intake phone and screen referrals with our provider.Call our Referral Intake Number: 253-403-0556
Patients must be medically cleared before they arrive. The information is reviewed by the intake or charge nurse and then presented to our provider for admission.
Insurance authorization must be obtained by the sending facility.
Note: This same process applies to involuntary patients, but a court order must also be included. Adolescent Behavioral Health at Tacoma General must be listed on the order.ADMISSION CRITERIA:
- All patients admitted to the unit must be accepted by the admitting provider and have a primary psychiatric diagnosis.
- All patients must receive medical clearance from the referring physician or the emergency department prior to admission to the unit.
- Patients are admitted on a voluntary basis by signing themselves in, admitted under the Involuntary Treatment Act, or admitted under Parent-Initiated Treatment.EXCLUSIONS/TRANSFER CRITERIA:
- Patients cannot be admitted to the unit, or may have to be transferred from the unit, if they have or develop any of the following medical needs:
Any active communicable disease
- Casts/Ace bandages
- Central Lines
- Conditions requiring suctioning
- Conditions requiring supplemental oxygen
- Continuous IV therapy
- Fever greater than 101
- Head trauma requiring neurological monitoring
- Primary diagnosis of an eating disorder
- Primary diagnosis of intellectual or developmental disability
- Primary diagnosis other than psychiatric diagnosis
- Receiving chemotherapy treatment
- Uncontrolled seizures
- Unstable vital signsRequirements:Adolescent Behavioral Health at Tacoma General accepts patients ages 13 through 17 on a voluntary, involuntary and family initiated treatment (FIT) basis with a provider referral. Typical diagnoses or potential diagnoses appropriate to refer to us include: Major Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder.
Details
Services Offered:- Psychiatric Beds
Tags: inpatientAges Accepted:- Adolescents
Languages:- English
Availability
Currently Accepting Clients: Yes: Open 24 hoursMonOpen 24 hoursTueOpen 24 hoursWedOpen 24 hoursThuOpen 24 hoursFriOpen 24 hoursSatOpen 24 hoursSunOpen 24 hoursADA Accessible: YesNear Public Transportation?: YesTeletherapy:- Yes
Payment
Sliding Scale:- Yes
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