Treatment Services - Inpatient Children's Programs

At Belmont, we recognize the need for children’s high-quality psychiatric care. Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment offers a structured inpatient program for young people ages 5 to 12 in a safe, supportive environment. Our caring, expert staff provides specialized treatment to children with a wide range of psychiatric difficulties, including:

• Depression and suicidality
• Anxiety disorder
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Oppositional defiant behaviors
• Bipolar disorder
• Psychotic disorders
• Impulse control disorders
• Post traumatic stress disorders

Most activities for the children, including meals, , playtime, t, therapy and medical services, are self-contained in one private area of the facility. An enclosed, outdoor play area is also available Academic instruction is offered both on the unit and in  an off unit classroom by a certified teacher.  There is computer access in our classroom, as well as a large reading library with books for all skill levels.Services offered in the children's program include:

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Creative arts therapy
• Recreation therapy
• Family therapy
• Play therapy
• Academic instruction
• Music Therapy
• Low ropes challenge course

We believe that families are essential to their children's treatment, and every effort is made to involve the family in the treatment process. The program is also strongly committed to preparing children and their families for discharge and community based follow-up care.

For more information about the Children's Unit at Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, call 1-800-220-HELP (4357) or (215) 877-2000.

 

Therapeutic BRIDGE Program Belmont's unique program that gets the patient's school and community involved with their recovery.

Einstein Crisis Response Center at Germantown Albert Einstein Healthcare Network's CRC at Germantown is the only CRC in the city that provides services for children and adolescents.

CARAT Program The Child and Adolescent Rapid Assessment and Treatment Program (CARAT) is an intensive, extended psychiatric evaluation which offers an alternative to hospitalization or partial hospitalization.

Student Based Program Belmont Behavioral Health's school based program provides in-school behavioral health services to designated elementary, middle and high schools within the School District of Philadelphia.

Treatment Program - Eating Disorders

Children and adolescent - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder