Youthdale is a non-profit, charitable community agency. The agency meets the complex needs of children, youth and young adults up to age 24, as well as their families, with a team of highly skilled and dedicated psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, child and youth workers, as well as other allied social service and health work related professionals.
Common Clinical Presentations:
Disruptive and conduct disorders
Complex mood and anxiety disorders
Complex psychopharmacology cases
Parent-child difficulties
Developmental trauma and substance use
Treatment Settings:
Crisis support team – bringing crisis intervention to family or group home, school or hospital
Inpatient units – interprofessional team of child and adolescent psychiatrists, registered nurses, psychiatric crisis workers, and educational specialists; specialty consultations with speech-language pathology or occupational therapists may be arranged as required
Acute Support Unit for Emergency and Secure Treatment Admissions (Admissions by Judicial Order under the CYFSA) for individuals under the age of 18
Transitional Psychiatric Unit; A voluntary, assessment / treatment program for youth typically aged 12 to 18 for admissions of 4 to 6 weeks duration
Transitional Age Unit – A voluntary inpatient unit for individuals aged 18 to 24 years.
Outpatient and consultative services – multiple day treatment programs serving the needs of youth from age 12 through to the completion of high school
Treatment Modalities:
Outpatient psychiatric assessment and medication management