Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital offers short-term, acute care services to meet the needs of children and adolescents, ages 5 through 17, who are struggling with emotional and psychological problems. Children and Adolescents are treated and cared for by licensed professionals whose combined specialties focus on dealing with depression, substance abuse, aggression, rebellion, self-injury and suicidal behaviors. Our hospital offers a safe and secure environment staffed with caring and highly trained professionals, providing an atmosphere that promotes stabilization and healing.
Common reasons to seek inpatient treatment are:
- Mood disorders (Depression, Bipolar Disorder)
- Anxiety disorders (Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder)
- Suicidal thoughts or attempt
- Self-harm behaviors
- Threatened, attempted or engaged in physical violence to others
- Substance abuse
- Delusions, hallucinations
- Patients needing medication stabilization
Every child or adolescent client who is admitted to our hospital will receive an in-depth assessment. This assessment will help evaluate the patient's functioning as well as the patient's physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual strengths and needs. They will work with our psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and therapists to create an individualized treatment plan that addresses their specific needs.
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital’s child and adolescent program focuses on helping our patients understand their thoughts, emotions and needs. The goal of inpatient treatment is to effectively deal with the crisis, reduce the symptoms, develop more appropriate behavior and learn effective coping and social skills. Our highly trained staff focuses on empowering children and adolescents by helping and educating them to:
- Accept responsibility for their behavior
- Consider the consequences of their behavior
- Examine their values
- Develop effective communication skills
Through a trauma-informed care approach to treatment, we provide education on mental health and wellness to our patients and work with them on identifying and practicing the use of healthy coping skills. We work with each patient as an individual, addressing each of their unique needs through a multidisciplinary treatment approach. Children and Adolescents will gain skills in the areas of developing healthy boundaries, learning how to appropriately express emotions, using effective communication skills, increasing self-esteem, managing anger and developing social skills.
Dallas Behavioral Health Hospital recognizes the need for a holistic approach to treatment which offers multiple avenues for engaging patents in the treatment process including:
- Intensive assessment and evaluation
- Medication management
- Group, individual and family therapy sessions
- Recreational and expressive therapies
- Art Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Movement Therapy (yoga, tai chi, meditation)
- Stress management and coping skill groups
- Patient education to improve understanding of the illness
- Chaplain services and spirituality groups
- Aftercare and discharge planning
It is our goal to provide patients with new healthy skills that they will use for life after they are discharged from the hospital.
Help is only a phone call away. Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is where healing starts and the road to recovery begins.
To learn more specific details about our Child and Adolescent Programs, please call our 24/7 Care Center team at: (972) 982.0900