OUTPATIENT SERVICES - CHILD/YOUTH/YOUNG ADULT
Definition:
Outpatient mental health services are designed to address the behavioral health needs of children, youth, and young adults that are rendered in an office or clinic setting. Services may include, but are not limited to individual, family, or group based psychotherpay services, as well as , access to psychiatric services. The frequency of therapeutic contact may vary according to the child/youth/young adult's clinical needs for relatively brief sessions ranging from 30minutes and two hours. Psychiatric services for medication monitoring may also be provided, if clinically indicated.
The purpose of outpatient services is to support, enhance, and encourage the emotional development of child/youth/young adult's life skills in order to maximize their individual functioning. These services are designed to preserve or improve current functioning, strengths, and resources. Services generally focus on the alleviation of symptoms that interfere with functioning in at least one area of the child/youth's life (e.g. familial, social, educaitonal) as well as restoration, enhancement and/or maintenance of a child/youth/young adult's level of functioning.
Therapeutic goals may include the following:
ADMISSION CRITERIA AND DISCHARGE CRITERIA ARE DESCRIBED ON PERFORMCARE WEBSITE WWW.PERFORMCARENJ.ORG. POLICY #008(J) REVISED 12/31/11
Outpatient mental health services are designed to address the behavioral health needs of children, youth, and young adults that are rendered in an office or clinic setting. Services may include, but are not limited to individual, family, or group based psychotherpay services, as well as , access to psychiatric services. The frequency of therapeutic contact may vary according to the child/youth/young adult's clinical needs for relatively brief sessions ranging from 30minutes and two hours. Psychiatric services for medication monitoring may also be provided, if clinically indicated.
The purpose of outpatient services is to support, enhance, and encourage the emotional development of child/youth/young adult's life skills in order to maximize their individual functioning. These services are designed to preserve or improve current functioning, strengths, and resources. Services generally focus on the alleviation of symptoms that interfere with functioning in at least one area of the child/youth's life (e.g. familial, social, educaitonal) as well as restoration, enhancement and/or maintenance of a child/youth/young adult's level of functioning.
Therapeutic goals may include the following:
- Processing and working through conflicts involving family dynamics and interpersonal relationships involving youth/child/young adult
- Addressing specific mental health symptoms and behaviors impacting the child/youth's current functioning which may be correlated with DSM IV Axis I Diagnoses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, disruptive behavioral disorders, and developmental disorders.
- Coordinating community based services and supports which the child/youth and family are currently involved with.
ADMISSION CRITERIA AND DISCHARGE CRITERIA ARE DESCRIBED ON PERFORMCARE WEBSITE WWW.PERFORMCARENJ.ORG. POLICY #008(J) REVISED 12/31/11