Mental Health Services
Youth Hospital Inpatient Services
- Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health
In-patient hospitalization may be required for youth with a mental illness who:
- Require around-the-clock medical monitoring for such things as drug overdoses, suicide attempts, or other complicating medical conditions
- Have complex and uncontrollable behaviors such as harm to themselves and/or others
- Cannot be stabilized in a smaller and more individualized hospital diversion treatment setting and/or
- Meet the criteria for an emergency exam (EE)
Three hospitals provide psychiatric in-patient services for Vermont youth:
- Champlain Valley Psychiatric Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York
- Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire
- Retreat Healthcare in Brattleboro, Vermont
A child meeting the criteria for an emergency exam may be placed only at Retreat Healthcare.