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Inpatient Child Psychiatry

12 North is a 10-bed inpatient psychiatric service for children ages nine through fifteen. The unit is staffed by a team of mental health professionals and special education teachers who take a personal interest in each child.

Our interdisciplinary approach includes:

• Family involvement in all phases of treatment
• BOCES classrooms on site
• Expert team of mental health professionals
• A focus on healthy eating and sleep habits.
• Safe and secure environment in a University-based Medical Center

Our goal is to help our patients be more successful in school, at home, and with friends.

We evaluate and treat a range of psychiatric conditions, including:

• children on complicated psychiatric medication regimens but do not seem to be getting better
• children who are so anxious that they are not getting out of the house and going to school
• children who may have medical problems complicating their psychiatric condition 
• children who are extremely depressed and are not able to be kept safe at home

Every child receives a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary evaluation by our team of child psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and special education teachers.

Our unique program addresses medical, psychiatric, psychological, psycho-educational, and family issues.

Patients may be admitted through the hospital's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at the University Hospital or transferred from Stony Brook Children's Hospital. In some cases, we are able to accommodate transfers from outside emergency rooms. We do not accept direct admissions at this time.

Based on unit-level performance during 2023, 12 North (Inpatient Child Behavioral Health) was the highest scoring unit for the quarter and received the Patient Experience Top Performer Award! This award is given to the unit who achieved the highest Overall Rating score on Press Ganey patient and parent surveys. Not only did Child Behavioral Health achieve a top box score of 93.6%, the highest across the hospital, but this also placed 12 North in the 98th percentile nationwide.