At Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital, we aim to help adolescent patients, ages 12-17, create new beginnings through compassionate care in a secure, nurturing environment. Our Acute Adolescent Unit treats teens who are struggling with acute emotional, behavioral or psychiatric issues.

Our acute psychiatric care promotes crisis resolution, positive self-awareness, coping skills and personal growth with a focus on healing.

Treatment includes:

• Group therapy
• Individual therapy
• Family therapy
• Activity therapy

We provide adolescent inpatient mental health treatment for:

• Depression
• Suicidal thoughts
• Crisis stabilization
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Hallucinations
• Delusions/paranoia
• Sexual, physical or emotional abuse
• Medication stabilization
• Other emotional and behavioral problems

Our program helps teens learn how to cope with life stressors after we help them to stabilize. However, it is important that the teen learns how to help themselves in this situation through coping skills, such as deep breaths, journaling or talking to someone about how you feel.

If these coping strategies don’t work, and your teen requires additional help to make sure that you aren’t a danger to yourself or others, the following interventions might be used:

• Identify the cause of behavior and attempt to meet needs.
• Talk in a calm, non-confrontational tone to comfort and de-escalate.
• Talk one-to-one with the resident.
• Provide diversional activities, e.g. games, TV, recreational activities.
• Provide calming distractions such as soft music, a book to read, etc.
• Offer medication if appropriate.
• Offer fluids and snacks.
• Modify the environment, e.g. reduce noise level and remove source of agitation.
• Encourage involvement in structured activities.
• Call a physician, therapist/caseworker to provide assistance.
• Time-out – a voluntary time away while being monitored by staff in a secure and quiet setting.