A Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility is a long term secure facility designed to address the clinical needs of the youth.

 Youth who are appropriate for this level of care may have the following behaviors:

• Refusal to follow directions and conform to structure of school, home or community
• Constant and frequently violent arguments with parents, siblings, teachers, etc.
• Severe level of self-injurious behaviors, risk taking
• Frequent suicidal actions or a history of multiple serious suicidal actions
• Daily fights at home, school or community
• Constant verbally aggressive and provocative language
• Frequent and severe property damage
• Frequent school suspensions and expulsions
• High risk for sexually victimizing others
• Probable involvement in the legal system
• History of elopements from facilities
• Issue may be related to the presence of a severe mental illness
• Supervision 24 hrs. a day
• Possible need for time out, seclusion or restraint
• Child is not motivated for treatment.
• Diagnosis is unknown or not clear
• Has a mental illness that is under control and the youth no longer needs to be an acute care facility
• Needs continued monitoring of medication to insure stabilization of symptoms is met
• Needs of highly intensive, clinically specialized therapies from trained individuals in problem areas (Substance abuse, sex offender, abuse reactive, etc.)
• Has failed other levels of treatment.

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