Acute Inpatient Treatment

Acute inpatient services are offered at Adventist Behavioral Health Rockville's Chesapeake Unit. The Chesapeake Unit provides 24-hour a day inpatient care for adolescents whose acute symptoms require a safe and structured therapeutic environment. This inpatient unit utilizes an interdisciplinary team approach. The team includes psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, art therapists, certified therapeutic recreation therapists, case managers, and mental health technicians who work with the individual and the individual's family.

The goals of treatment are to stabilize an adolescent's psychiatric symptoms, make medication adjustments and begin a plan to return the adolescent home and to outpatient therapy as quickly as possible.

The treatment team works closely with the family to ensure that the adolescent transitions from the unit back home or to the most appropriate level of care. The families are encouraged to help the treatment team in facilitating contact with the adolescent's home school and outside therapists when appropriate.

Services Provided Include:

• Psychiatric Evaluation and medication evaluation
• Issue Specific Groups
• Expressive Therapies
• Recreation Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Medication Education
• Group Therapy, Coping and Life Skills groups, Communication Groups
• Education coordination
• Specialized testing if deemed appropriate and necessary
• Active discharge planning with family and outside agencies
• Transitional support