Hospital Resources

Is Hospitalization Needed?

At times, hospitalization may be the only way to help your child. (See list of inpatient mental health options below.) Hospitalization may be necessary because your child is:

Thinking about hurting himself/herself or others
Seeing or hearing things (hallucinations)
Having bizarre or paranoid thoughts (delusions)
Being extremely aggressive or destructive
Using drugs or alcohol and refusing to stop/ not able to stop
Not eating or sleeping for an extended period of time
Exhibiting severe psychiatric symptoms (e.g. anxiety, mania, or depression) that has not responded to treatment
For more information on signs & symproms visit our page on children's mental health crisis

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EMERGENCY ROOM & HOSPITAL

Most of us have experience visiting the ER. We might get a chest x-ray or physical exam and then leave with antibiotics for an infection or a cast on a broken bone. But, going to the ER for a mental health emergency can feel different. If our child is not admitted, we can leave feeling scared or confused..

If you have time, CLICK HERE to read about what the ER can (and can't) do for your child in a psychiatric emergency.