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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.

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, talks about the goals of an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and how helpful an inpatient psychiatric admission can be.

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, takes you inside the admissions building at Four Winds Katonah and explains what an admission to a psychiatric hospital is like.

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. 

Videong ena ea Ask Dr K, Ngaka Sarah Klagsbrun, Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Bongaka oa Sepetlele sa Four Winds, o bua ka hore na u lokela ho nahana ka ho kena sepetlele sa mafu a kelello sepetleleng sa bakuli ba ka hare neng bakeng sa hau, ngoana oa hau, kapa moratuoa oa hau.

Ha ngwana kapa motho e moholo a amohelwa sepetlele sa mafu a kelello se ka hare ho mokuli, seo se bolela hore o bohareng ba bothata mme o kotsing ea:

– ho lahleheloa ke metsoalle ea bona

– ho hloleha ho tsoa sekolong

– ho hana ho ea sekolong

– ho baleha hae

– ho bapala lipapali tsa video letsatsi lohle le bosiu 

– ho manganga, ho hloka tlhompho, ho se mamele batho ba boholong 

Bana kapa batho ba baholo e ka ba:

– ho ba le ho phatloha ka bohale ho feteletseng

– ho etsa lintho ka lepotlapotla

– ho etsa boitšoaro bo kotsi

– ho itloaetsa mekhoa e mebe ea ho intša kotsi

- ho ba le menahano ea ho ipolaea 

Ntho ea pele eo u ka e nkang:

Meriana ea mafu a kelello e teng ho thusa ngoana kapa motho e moholo ho ithuta tsebo ea ho sebetsana le boemo. Mekhoa le matšoao a mang ha a arabele phekolo feela - haeba motho a e-na le takatso ea ho intša kotsi kapa ea ho intša kotsi ho ba bang, kapa a imetsoe ke mehopolo ea ho ipolaea kapa e mebe, kapa a halefile ka bohale, a ke ke a monya kapa a sebelisa tsebo ea ho sebetsana le boemo eo a e rutoang. 

Ntho ea bobeli eo u ka e nkang: 

Mafu a mang a kelello a kang lefu la ho ferekana kelellong le schizophrenia ha a arabele phekolong feela 'me a ka matlafala ha nako e ntse e ea. Haeba u emela ho phekoloa ka meriana, matšoao hangata aa mpefala ha nako e ntse e ea ebe u hloka meriana e mengata le litekanyetso tse phahameng ho phekola matšoao. 

Ntho ea boraro eo u ka e nkang:

Meriana ea mafu a kelello e lumella bana le batho ba baholo ho khutlela boemong ba bona ba bophelo bo botle kapele kamoo ho ka khonehang, e leng sepheo sa phekolo. 

In this @Ask_DrK_MD video, Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Executive Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, answers the question, will my child get therapy at 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. In those situations there is no therapist standing next to them to guide them. When a child is struggling, they search for ways to help their suffering and experiment with 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.