Hospital Diversion provides safety and stabilization to adolescents who have recently experienced a mental health crisis. The Edgewood team assesses needs and transitions youth back to lower levels of care as soon as it is safe to do so.
Hospital Diversion includes 24 hours, 7 days a week supervision and support from a multidisciplinary team of residential counselors, clinicians, and nursing/psychiatry staff. The goal is to reduce high-risk behaviors with an emphasis on developing coping strategies and crisis management skills for both youth and their caregivers.
A typical length of stay for youth is two weeks, although youth may stay less than two weeks and slightly more than two weeks based on their medical necessity and authorization by their referral source.
Edgewood’s Hospital Diversion Program is suitable for youth requiring brief, intensive stabilization and comprehensive, trauma-informed crisis intervention. This option offers an important bridge between hospital-level and community-based care.
Hospital Diversion is indicated for youth ages 12 to 17 who are:
