Acute Inpatient Care

Acute inpatient hospitalization occurs only with a physician's order for conditions that cannot be safely or effectively treated on an outpatient basis. It is the most intensive level of care offered and provides 24- hour skilled nursing observation and care, daily interventions and oversight by a psychiatrist, and intensive, highly coordinated treatment by a physician-led team of mental health professionals. Inpatient hospitalization is short-term and designed to stabilize the most serious symptoms to allow a transition to less intensive levels of care.

Streamwood Behavioral Health Center offers acute inpatient care for adolescents aged 13-18, and to children aged 4-12. This program provides intensive evaluation, crisis stabilization, and short-term treatment. Acute inpatient services are offered at our main Streamwood facility and our St. Mary's Chicago location.

Advantages of Acute Inpatient:

• Safe, controlled, structured environment
• 24-hour skilled nursing care
• Intensive physician involvement
• Physician-led, multi-disciplinary treatment team
• Able to utilize both medication and psychotherapy, as appropriate
• Medically supervised detoxification (for alcohol and drugs)
• Intensive treatment not available on an outpatient basis
• Tutorial-based school program available
• Up to 10 hours of daily programming
• Seven day a week programming