| Creekside | Creekside Children's Crisis Stabilization Unit | |
373 North Central Ave |
Phone: 606-886-6477 Fax: 606-886-3923 |
Director: Melanie Hagans |
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| Mission |
| The mission is to assist children and adolescents in crisis by providing intensive community based interventions prior to an escalation of symptoms that could lead to hospitalization. |
| Purpose |
| Creekside Crisis Stabilization Unit is a residential facility designed for short-term treatment for children and adolescents, ages 5 to 18, at risk for psychiatric hospitalization. Services include assessment, crisis intervention and referrals. Intervention may include psychiatric treatment including medication assessment and monitoring, child/family counseling and case management. |
| Criteria for Admission |
| Child must be between ages 5 and 18. | |
| Child must be in crisis (i.e., suicidal ideation, serious impulse control problem, etc.) not simply in need of respite. | |
| Child and parent/guardian must agree to admission. | |
| Child must be medically stable. | |
| Child must be able to perform expected activities of daily living (i.e., bathe self, use bathroom without assistance, etc.). | |
| Child must not have a primary diagnosis of substance abuse/dependency. | |
| Child must not have legal charges more than beyond parental control/beyond school control. | |
| Child must not require excessive physical restraint as Creekside is not a lockdown facility. | |
| Child with a history of sexual offenses will be evaluated on a case by case basis. |