Psychiatric Inpatient Acute Unit

Cumberland Hospital’s Psychiatric Inpatient Acute Unit is designed to provide compassionate treatment services to children and adolescents who require inpatient acute psychiatric stabilization.

Call 888-410-2642 for psychiatric emergencies

Serving Children and Adolescents, Ages 5 to 17

Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents is excited to announce a new unit for children and adolescents who are struggling with serious medical conditions and also need acute psychiatric stabilization. Our compassionate team of professionals can help these youth learn to improve emotion regulation, cognition, behavior and/or impulse control while also attending to their medical needs.

Average length of stay (from admission to discharge) is 7-10 days.

Our goal is to help patients return to their home, school and community environment as quickly and safely as possible. The multidisciplinary team collaborates with community-based resources to help ensure a successful transition.

The treatment program can include:

Assessment
Stabilization
Diagnosis
Treatment planning
Medication management
Brief cognitive and behavioral interventions
Community education
Discharge planning

Included services:

Dedicated psychiatrist, case manager, therapist and admission staff
24/7 nursing care, physician/licensed independent practitioner services with a daily medication check
Daily allied therapy
Family, group, or individual therapy from a licensed or license-eligible therapist
Daily psychoeducation group
Specialty medical and clinical services as assessed and indicated
Ongoing milieu therapy services
24/7 discharge planning

Admission criteria:

Between ages of 5-17
Medically stable
Currently suicidal or having suicidal ideations
Currently assaultive, self-harming/mutilating or destructive behavior
Currently experiencing hallucinations (visual or auditory), bizarre or delusional behavior
Unable to perform activities of daily living due to severe psychiatric symptoms
Currently experiencing disorientation or memory impairment to the degree of endangering welfare
Experiencing loss of body control, total body rigidity, immobility, seizures (withdrawal or toxic), or obsessive-compulsive behavior which cannot be controlled

Exclusionary criteria:

Patient has significant medical illness/non psychiatric illness which cannot be treated appropriately in a psychiatric hospital setting
Applicant is medically unstable and/or requires intensive medical care
Applicant does not have an Axis I psychiatric diagnosis