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Southwood Psychiatric Hospital
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Description
Mission Statement
Southwood Psychiatric Hospital is dedicated to providing quality health education and assisted living services to troubled children and adolescents
Our vision includes planned and thoughtful provision of high quality care and educational services in a manner that promotes the mental health of the patients families and communities we serve We believe in responsiveness to patient employee and organizational needs and maintaining the highest standards of ethics and integrity We are committed to quality and effectiveness for the populations we serve
History
History
Southwood Psychiatric Hospital was built and founded in 1984 Traditional acute inpatient services for children and adolescents grew to include a variety of hospital and community based programs These expansions included the opening of several Long Term Residential Treatment Programs as well as a variety of community based services including EPSDT Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment and Family Based Services which are both in home programs A private academic school license was added in 1995 to enhance treatment services The school currently serves both students in residence at Southwood as well as commuter students that are approved for specialized education services
Southwood currently has a twenty one bed acute inpatient service utilized for crisis stabilization for children and adolescents The program primarily utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT with a strong focus on family involvement
Southwoods residential treatment program currently consists of four programs consisting of 63 beds for boys Again the residential program utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT Our programs encourage family involvement and integration into the community and offer a wide range of therapeutic services to address long term placement needs Two of our residential programs are located at the main campus in Upper St Clair Township Pittsburgh and our two off site locations are located in Washington County
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