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, children all over the country are “boarding” in emergency departments while they wait for a psychiatric bed to open up somewhere.
“Inpatient pediatric psychiatric units are not meant for ongoing care,” said Ibrahim, who also serves as chief medical officer of ambulatory services at UTSW. “They’re really there to address the critical needs when the child’s mental health condition becomes so acute that it requires urgent and intensive interventions to ensure the child’s safety.”
But a trip to this hospital is not supposed to be a long stay. It’s important for children to return home as soon as possible, and the hospital will develop individual treatment plans that make that happen, Ibrahim said. And patients shouldn’t feel trapped, which is why state and UTSW officials envision gardens and courtyards for access to sunlight and fresh air.
“Not only will we be relying on our own training programs, but we are also going to be reaching out to other academic programs, other universities in North Texas to see how we can come together and provide a comprehensive training strategy to all these behavioral health professionals that we need to grow,” Ibrahim said.
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