At Cross Creek Hospital, our goal is to provide compassionate, results-based care for our patients and residents. To that end, we have developed a series of specialized treatment tracks.
What We Offer
What we offer in our teen and adolescent inpatient program
Cross Creek Hospital in Austin, Texas treats adolescents with behavioral disorders within our inpatient programs. These treatment programs help young people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, learning disorders, and conduct disorders.
The goal of all therapies in these treatment programs is for each adolescent to successfully return to her home, school, and community. Treatment services in these programs are delivered in safe, nurturing environments. The mental health treatment program that is best for the adolescent or teenager depends on their unique set of symptoms and circumstances. Cross Creek Hospital offers free assessments and referrals for mental health services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A licensed master’s-level social worker, nurse, or professional counselor is available to provide an immediate response to individuals by phone or in person.
Cross Creek Hospital’s Inpatient Psychiatric Programs focuses on these core objectives:
- Helping the adolescent cope with day-to-day circumstances that may have a negative impact on their life
- Improving the adolescent’s ability to function
- Improving the adolescent’s quality of life
Our Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Program is designed for adolescents whose social, emotional, or behavioral disorders are severe enough that they are unable to function normally in school, at home, or in a community setting.
This treatment program provides therapeutic and diagnostic treatment planning specific to the individual needs of the adolescent, including psychiatry and individual, family, and group therapies.
This treatment program accepts male and female patients ages 8-17 (18-year-olds will be admitted to our Young Adult Program).
Family-Focused Care
Our treatment program has your family in mind
Common psychiatric or emotional disorders seen in adolescents include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, learning disorders, and conduct disorders.
Family is the focal point for our program at our Austin, Texas, treatment center. We realize that successful inclusion of family is an important component of treatment in our program. Therefore, our staff members work closely with family members to facilitate treatment within this program. During family therapy sessions, issues are discussed and strategies are put in place on how to cope and interact better at home or school.
More About Our Program
Learn more about our psychiatric inpatient program for teens in Austin, TX
At Cross Creek Hospital, located in Austin, TX, the focus of treatment in the Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Program involves providing a safe, hopeful, and nurturing environment for adolescents, along with expert psychiatric care. We utilize a multidisciplinary team approach to your child’s treatment within this program. Your assigned treatment team will consist of a psychiatrist, nurses, a licensed clinical therapist, and therapeutic care specialists who will work together so that a solid clinical treatment plan is implemented. They are committed to the success of your child. The goal of the treatment program is for each adolescent to return successfully to her home, school, and community.
Our 20-bed inpatient unit treats adolescent males and females ages 8-17. The unit is locked and completely separate from the adult units. In addition, sleeping areas, group therapies, and school sessions are segregated by age. The average length of stay is 7 to 10 days but can be shorter or longer depending on the needs of the adolescent.
The inpatient unit in this treatment program is designed to stabilize patients during an acute crisis (such as an inability to keep themselves safe and/or to think clearly and coherently). Our approach involves multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of each young person. Our team performs a comprehensive assessment that reviews functioning and determines possible reasons for the crisis. An appropriate treatment plan for the adolescent and her family may include individual, group, and family therapy, as well as medication treatment.
Each adolescent on the unit participates in both a creative and recreational therapy program that includes music therapy and yoga, both of which are designed to meet her emotional and physiological needs.
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For more information about the adolescent treatment program for mental health, contact Cross Creek Hospital in Austin, Texas, today.
