Inpatient Adolescent Care

By Craig Rogers

Very few parents of adolescents seek out inpatient care until their child has suffered some significant consequences as a result of their destructive behavior. These consequences typically include legal, emotional, financial and/or physical.

While attending an inpatient care center the troubled adolescents are required to reside within a medical facility strictly for the purpose of depleting all outside distractions and temptations, giving them the opportunity to truly heal. Aside from treating behavioral problems, detoxing and being treated for drug or alcohol abuse is also offered by many inpatient care centers. Dual diagnosis treatment has been integrated into the programs of some of the best inpatient care centers. Today, most inpatient care facilities perform extensive evaluations and assessments to help determine medical history, the personality of the troubled adolescent, as well as any mental health issues that might exist in order to assure that these troubled adolescents are getting exactly the help they need. The ultimate objective of inpatient care is to educate these struggling adolescents on the changes they will need to make in their lives in order to be successful in abstaining from the negative behaviors that originally lead them down a road of despair and the behaviors accumulated thereafter.

Days at an inpatient care facility include activities such as group and individual therapy, lectures, exercise, yoga, going to AA or NA meetings, special therapies for psychiatric issues, personal homework assignments, music therapy, art therapy, duties, task, and responsibilities. Although no two inpatient care centers are exactly the same, they each share the common goal of changing the lives of troubled adolescents and providing them with the knowledge necessary for them to build and maintain a healthy and successful lifestyle.

Therapy Insider Provides Parents of Troubled Teens with Inpatient Adolescent Care Options 

Therapy Insider sponsors some of the best treatment programs in the country. If you are the parent or loved one of a troubled adolescent and believe that inpatient care will best suit the needs of your struggling youth, consult with one of our Therapy Insider professionals today and share your story. Our child placement specialists will provide you with a treatment option that focuses specifically on the issues that your adolescent is or may be dealing with.