Children’s and Adolescent Treatment Units

The children’s treatment unit has 12 beds and serves children ages 4 and 12. It typically sees around 30 new admissions a year, with an average patient stay of 120 days.

• mood disorder rule-out or diagnoses (50 percent)
  
• externalizing disorders (80 percent of all patients; 40 percent of all patients have ADHD)
• psychotic disorders (10 percent)
  
• pervasive developmental disorders (5 percent)
  
• other developmental disorders (learning, motor, communication disorders; 50 percent of all patients present with these conditions)
• significant axis III diagnosis (25 percent)

• ages 4 to 11
• 85 percent male
• 15 percent female
• 70 percent Caucasian
• 20 percent African-American
• 8 percent Hispanic
• 2 percent Native-American

The adolescent treatment unit has 16 beds and serves adolescents ages 11 to 18.