Highland Rivers Community Service Board
Crisis Stabilization Programs - Child & Adolescent

The C&A Crisis Stabilization Program in Rome/Floyd County - 16 Beds - serves the following primary counties for Crisis Stabilization, as well as other residents of the State of Georgia: Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Whitfield, Haralson, Dade, Walker, Catoosa and Chattooga.

This program provides short-term Crisis Stabilization for child and adolescent mental health and adolescent addictive diseases detoxification. The C&A CSP is licensed as an Emergency Receiving and Evaluating Facility and certified by the Department of Human Resources. Consumers are under the medical care of a physician with 24-hour RN care, and a Clinical Coordinator assisting with aftercare planning and therapeutic services.

Admissions
Criteria:

• Children ages 5 through 12 and adolescents 13 through 17
• Consumer must have a DSM IV-TR diagnosis of a mental health or addictive disease disorder
• Must be in acute psychiatric or substance abuse crisis requiring 24-hour supervision for detoxification from alcohol and/or other drugs or stabilization from a mental health disorder
• Ambulatory and able to perform activities of daily living
• Consumer does not require IV, oxygen, or catheter care
• Free of infectious disease requiring isolation procedures, ie: open wounds, etc.
• C&A Crisis Stabilization Physicians' approval after assessment of consumer's medical and psychiatric appropriateness for this level of care (see attached Admission Criteria)

Exclusions
Criteria:

• Under age 5 or older than 17
• Medical complications prohibiting residential treatment
• Consumers exhibiting acts of violence
• Consumers requiring long-term care

Services:

• Emergency Receiving and Evaluating Facility
• Individual and family therapy
• Short-term 24-hour residential services (average length of stay may not exceed 9 days)
• Group therapy and consumer education groups
• Short-term detoxification from alcohol and drugs

• Medication management
• Psychiatric evaluations and histories
• "Transitional" care services if clinically indicated (two beds allowed)
• Nursing Assessments and laboratory screenings
• Discharge and aftercare planning

Accessing Services:

Contact the Clinical Nurse Coordinator or Charge Nurse at the locations listed below to obtain more information or to send a referral.

Locations:

Child &: Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Program (16 Beds)
705 N. Division Street, Building 315
Rome, GA 30165
Phone: (706) 802-5870 24 hrs day / 7 days per week
Director: Ann H. Davies, LCSW
Nurse Administrator: Carla Simmons, RN, BSN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator: Stephanie White, LPC

CARF Accredited

Funding provided through DHR Region One Board