Children's hospital of the king's daughter's daughters partial hospitalization program - project funds will be used to support staffing and programming for chkd's partial hospitalization program

The partial hospitalization program provides intensive day treatment as a step-down from acute hospitalization or a step-up from outpatient services for children and adolescents who have high, but not imminent, safety concerns or a significant disruption to emotional, behavioral, or social functioning. The goal of partial hospitalization is to stabilize patients who display escalated psychiatric conditions associated with a recent symptom escalation and decline in functioning, so that the patient's mental health disorder can then be managed at a lower level of care. Patients attend this program monday - friday from 8:30 A.M. To 3:15 P.M. In a structured, therapeutic environment that offers individual, group, and family therapies as well as psychiatric management. Families are also provided support from program clinicians to work through challenges that may exist in the home environment. Discharge planning includes coordination of outpatient services to support each child's continued progress toward goals and health. Chkd's PHP only began seeing patients at the end of january, 2023. We are expecting to grow the program significantly over the next year to serve the demand in the community. Chkd has budgeted 2470 patient days for FY24 and the projected LOS is 4-6 weeks. We are anticipating on serving approximately 100 patients in FY24. The patient population served by the partial hospitalization program shall consist of pediatric patients with any the following primary psychiatric/mental health diagnoses: - gender dysphoria; bipolar and related disorders; depressive disorders; anxiety disorders; obsessive-compulsive and related disorders; trauma and stressor-related disorders; disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders; feeding and eating disorders; somatic symptom and related disorders; neurocognitive disorders; or such other existing psychiatric/mental health diagnoses that can be safely managed in a partial hospitalization setting. Description of care, treatment, skills acquisition, or other supports provided: a. Partial hospitalization program represents an intensive outpatient level of psychiatric care delivered in a licensed clinic setting during the week. B. Multidisciplinary assessments and multimodal interventions are provided in a 40-hour per week secure, medically staffed, and psychiatrically supervised treatment environment. C. Active family/guardian/natural supports involvement is important. Legal guardians shall be included during evaluation and treatment and discharge planning unless contraindicated. D. Weekly contact between patients and the attending psychiatrist is required for this level of care. Not only will chkd bring treatment to those who are currently forced to leave the area for care or, even worse, forego care, IT will offer cutting-edge, individualized care for all of its mental health patients that ISN't available within the region today. Chkd's program will be based primarily on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa, and milieu therapy, as appropriate for the child. Chkd is committed to evidence-based practices to provide the highest quality of care. For all children in chkd's program, family counseling, engagement and involvement will be a centerpiece of their treatment experience. Chkd's partial hospitalization plan will support the health system's mission to provide a comprehensive continuum of services to ensure that children can access the most appropriate level of care in the community in which they reside, allow for earlier intervention, and reduce the need for inpatient hospitalization over time. Chkd outpatient services will be offered to patients requiring evaluation and evidence-based treatment that includes psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and care CO