Psychiatric Disorders Residential Treatment Program

Many children and youth experience serious psychiatric disorders. A critical percentage experience problems so severe, disabling, or complex, that they require 24 hour out-of-home placement for treatment.

Key Indicators

Of those children, many may be identified with the following:

Demonstrates symptomatology consistent with a DSM-IV diagnosis and can reasonably be expected to respond to therapeutic intervention
Self –injurious behavior
Inability to function in daily activities
Danger or injury to others
Experiencing emotional or behavioral problems in the home and/or community and is not sufficiently stable to be treated outside of a highly structured 24-hour therapeutic environment

Residential Treatment Center

Valle Vista Health System’s Residential Treatment Center is a mental health treatment program for children and adolescents, age 6 through 18 with a psychiatric disorder such as but not limited to:

Mood disorders
Depression
Psychoses
Disruptive disorders
Anxiety disorders
Posttraumatic stress disorder

A Critical Component

Valle Vista Health System’s Residential Treatment Program is a level of care in an array of services that children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders need at a particular time given their histories, diagnoses, level of impairment, and living and learning situations. It is a critical component of a system of care that some youth need in order to have the chance to recover and regain their functioning in all life domains. Valle Vista’s therapeutic program offers:

24-hour therapeutically planned mental health interventions including individual, group, family and milieu
Medication management by a Board Certified psychiatrist
Highly supervised and structured group living and learning environment where individualized therapies are provided
Multidisciplinary team of clinically licensed professionals, including psychiatrists, therapists, nurses, activity therapists, and teachers
Diagnostic processes which address psychiatric, social and educational needs
Individualized assessments, treatment planning, transitional and discharge planning involving the child and family to ensure that the child‘s permanency plan is reached as soon as possible.

A Positive Life-Changing Resource

Valle Vista Health System strives to provide the highest quality of care in an environment which is safe, respectful, nurturing, supportive, tolerant and positive. Valle Vista Health System exists to be a positive life-changing resource to our patients, their families and our community.

Help is Just a Phone Call Away

We cannot offer diagnosis, counseling or recommendations online, but an Assessment and Referral specialist is available 24 hours/7 days a week at 800.447.1348. If you are currently experiencing an emergency, please dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

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