This book reviews the history of inpatient psychiatric hospital (IPH) and acute mental health services for youth. In addition, it highlights current IPH care models for children and adolescents, demonstrating an increase in the development and implementation of evidence-based-informed (EBI) treatments in IPH and acute care settings. The book offers insights into program development, implementation, and measurement as well as considerations for sustainability. Chapters describe interventions designed to enhance the well-being of youth and their families who are experiencing a range of mental health concerns. The book shares practicable strategies for measuring outcomes and applying these results to meaningful clinical outcomes in IPH and acute care settings. It also provides treatment referral resources and information about the process of accessing and using such services. Finally, the book reviews additional treatment resources that may be necessary in the continuum of mental health care for youth.Key areas of coverage include:Developing and constructing the physical and safety environment of an IPH unit and suicide and safety planning.Setting and monitoring treatment goals and discharge criteria.Equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in psychiatric inpatient units.Program operations and therapy on a psychiatric inpatient unit for youth diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.Disaster preparation and impact on inpatient psychiatric care.The Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental, clinical child, developmental, and school psychology, social work, public health, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.

This book reviews the history of inpatient psychiatric hospital (IPH) and acute mental health services for youth. In addition, it highlights current IPH care models for children and adolescents, demonstrating an increase in the development and implementation of evidence-based-informed (EBI) treatments in IPH and acute care settings. The book offers insights into program development, implementation, and measurement as well as considerations for sustainability. Chapters describe interventions designed to enhance the well-being of youth and their families who are experiencing a range of mental health concerns. The book shares practicable strategies for measuring outcomes and applying these results to meaningful clinical outcomes in IPH and acute care settings. It also provides treatment referral resources and information about the process of accessing and using such services. Finally, the book reviews additional treatment resources that may be necessary in the continuum of mental health care for youth.

Key areas of coverage include:

Developing and constructing the physical and safety environment of an IPH unit and suicide and safety planning.Setting and monitoring treatment goals and discharge criteria.Equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in psychiatric inpatient units.Program operations and therapy on a psychiatric inpatient unit for youth diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.Disaster preparation and impact on inpatient psychiatric care.

The Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental, clinical child, developmental, and school psychology, social work, public health, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.

This book reviews the history of inpatient psychiatric hospital (IPH) and acute mental health services for youth. In addition, it highlights current IPH care models for children and adolescents, demonstrating an increase in the development and implementation of evidence-based-informed (EBI) treatments in IPH and acute care settings. The book offers insights into program development, implementation, and measurement as well as considerations for sustainability. Chapters describe interventions designed to enhance the well-being of youth and their families who are experiencing a range of mental health concerns. The book shares practicable strategies for measuring outcomes and applying these results to meaningful clinical outcomes in IPH and acute care settings. It also provides treatment referral resources and information about the process of accessing and using such services. Finally, the book reviews additional treatment resources that may be necessary in the continuum of mental health care for youth.Key areas of coverage include:Developing and constructing the physical and safety environment of an IPH unit and suicide and safety planning.Setting and monitoring treatment goals and discharge criteria.Equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in psychiatric inpatient units.Program operations and therapy on a psychiatric inpatient unit for youth diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.Disaster preparation and impact on inpatient psychiatric care.The Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental, clinical child, developmental, and school psychology, social work, public health, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.

This book reviews the history of inpatient psychiatric hospital (IPH) and acute mental health services for youth. In addition, it highlights current IPH care models for children and adolescents, demonstrating an increase in the development and implementation of evidence-based-informed (EBI) treatments in IPH and acute care settings. The book offers insights into program development, implementation, and measurement as well as considerations for sustainability. Chapters describe interventions designed to enhance the well-being of youth and their families who are experiencing a range of mental health concerns. The book shares practicable strategies for measuring outcomes and applying these results to meaningful clinical outcomes in IPH and acute care settings. It also provides treatment referral resources and information about the process of accessing and using such services. Finally, the book reviews additional treatment resources that may be necessary in the continuum of mental health care for youth.

Key areas of coverage include:

Developing and constructing the physical and safety environment of an IPH unit and suicide and safety planning.Setting and monitoring treatment goals and discharge criteria.Equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in psychiatric inpatient units.Program operations and therapy on a psychiatric inpatient unit for youth diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.Disaster preparation and impact on inpatient psychiatric care.

The Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental, clinical child, developmental, and school psychology, social work, public health, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.