Ke komo ʻana i nā makani ʻehā

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, talks about admitting your child to a psychiatric hospital.

To the parent whose child is about to be admitted into a psychiatric hospital: I got you. Parents, especially moms, are so great at feeling guilty. I’m Dr K, child psychiatrist, here to tell you there is no reason to feel guilty. Mental illness is biology, not bad parenting. Bringing your child to a psychiatric hospital is extremely courageous and due to love. Your treatment team is there to work with your child and you to help your child heal. So, lean on your treatment team and trust the process. We got you. Let us know how to best support you and your child.

Ma kēia wikiō ʻo Ask Dr. K, kamaʻilio ʻo Kauka Sarah Klagsbrun, Luna Hoʻokele Lapaʻau o ka Halemai ʻo Four Winds, e pili ana i nā pahuhopu o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kahi maʻi noʻonoʻo inpatient a pehea ke kōkua o ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o kahi maʻi noʻonoʻo inpatient.

Ma kēia wikiō Ask Dr. K, lawe ʻo Kauka Sarah Klagsbrun, Luna Hoʻokele Lapaʻau o ka Halemai ʻo Four Winds, iā ʻoe i loko o ka hale komo ma Four Winds Katonah a wehewehe i ke ʻano o ke komo ʻana i kahi haukapila noʻonoʻo.

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, answers the question, what does a teen do all day in the hospital?

Parents often picture psychiatric units as cold, sterile halls, fluorescent lighting where patients sit isolated in rooms all day staring at walls. Not here. Patients attend morning goals group, attend school, enjoy recreational time either at our gym or outside. We have basketball courts, art therapy, and Oliver the Four Winds therapy dog loves visiting kids on each of the cottages. Our therapists run evidence-based DBT groups to teach patients coping skills. Our cottages are separated based on age and specific needs. So, little kids with little kids, teens with teens, and adults with adults. Staff are supervising patients day and night. Therapists and psychiatric prescribers meet with each patient individually as well as run groups. 

Ma kēia wikiō Ask Dr. K, kamaʻilio ʻo Kauka Sarah Klagsbrun, Luna Hoʻokele Lapaʻau o ka Halemai ʻo Four Winds, e pili ana i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i kahi hoʻokipa ʻana i kahi maʻi noʻonoʻo no ʻoe iho, kāu keiki, a i ʻole kahi mea aloha.

Ke komo ʻia kahi keiki a makua paha i kahi haukapila noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, aia lākou i waenakonu o kahi pilikia a me ka pilikia o:

- ka nalowale ʻana o kā lākou mau hoaaloha

- ka hāʻule ʻana mai ke kula

- ka hōʻole ʻana e hele i ke kula

- holo aku mai ka home aku

- ke pāʻani nei i nā pāʻani wikiō i ke ao a me ka pō 

- ke kūʻē, ka hoʻowahāwahā, ka hoʻolohe ʻole ʻana i nā luna aupuni 

Hiki i nā keiki a i ʻole nā ​​​​mākua ke:

- ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pahū huhū pahū

- hana wikiwiki

- ke komo ʻana i nā hana weliweli

- ke komo ʻana i nā hana hōʻeha ponoʻī

- ke ʻike nei i nā manaʻo pepehi kanaka 

Lawe ʻia 1:

Aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau noʻonoʻo e kōkua i kahi keiki a makua paha e aʻo i nā mākau hoʻoponopono. ʻAʻole pane wale kekahi mau ʻano a me nā hōʻailona i ka lāʻau lapaʻau - inā makemake kekahi e hōʻeha iā lākou iho a i ʻole kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole e hoʻopau ʻia e nā manaʻo pepehi kanaka a maikaʻi ʻole paha, a i ʻole ka huhū pahū, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke omo a hoʻohana paha i nā mākau hoʻoponopono i aʻo ʻia iā lākou. 

ʻAi lawe ʻelua: 

ʻO kekahi mau maʻi noʻonoʻo e like me ka maʻi bipolar a me ka schizophrenia ʻaʻole pane wale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke ulu ikaika i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. Inā kali ʻoe e mālama me ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoi aku ka ʻino o nā hōʻailona i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa a laila pono ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou aʻe a me nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe e mālama ai i nā hōʻailona. 

Lawe ʻia ke 3:

ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau noʻonoʻo e hiki ai i nā keiki a me nā mākua ke hoʻi i ko lākou kūlana olakino maʻamau i ka hikiwawe loa, ʻo ia ka pahuhopu o ka mālama ʻana. 

Ma kēia wikiō @Ask_DrK_MD, ua pane ʻo Kauka Sara Klagsbrun, Luna Hoʻokele Lapaʻau o ka Halemai ʻo Four Winds, i ka nīnau, e loaʻa anei i kaʻu keiki ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma Four Winds.

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, answers the question, will my child pick up bad habits in a psychiatric hospital.

Parents worry about “symptom contagion” when they admit their child to an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Will my child learn more dangerous behaviors from their peers? In the hospital setting we have staff 24/7 helping children navigate peer, academic, social pressures, and how to handle a challenging situation when it arises. What better place than to have a child challenged and learn how to cope, so they are prepared for when the real world presents them with all sorts of challenges and exposes them to things on the internet you don’t even realize they are being exposed to. In those situations there is no therapist standing next to them to guide them. Many children have already been exposed to what you fear they might be exposed to in a hospital. And children who are not struggling are exposed to all sorts of things they never do because they’re okay. But when a child is struggling, they search for ways to help their suffering and experiment with what I call maladaptive coping skills, like cutting, vaping, or smoking marijuana. So you want the exposure to protect them from bad habits waiting for them outside the hospital setting. And, aggression is not contagious!