Psychiatric Services

Psychiatric Services provide psychiatric/medical interventions used to reduce and/or eliminate psychiatric symptoms with the goal of improved functioning, including management and reduction of symptoms.  Services are available to SED youth, youth at risk of out-of-home placements, youth discharged from a psychiatric facility, and youth who exhibit severe symptoms of diagnoses best treated with medication, e.g., ADHD, Depression, Bi-Polar, etc.,

• To decrease the length of time between referral to Psychiatric Services and date of first appointment.
• To continue to follow the established Psychiatric Services protocol as a means of prioritizing referrals.