10% of Nebraska high school-age youth reported attempting suicide<\/a>\u00a0in the past year, according to the state Health and Human Services Department.<\/p>\nAcute Behavioral Health Services Director Amy Pugsley said professionals at the new Children’s Nebraska center in Omaha can offer an immediate on-site crisis assessment and respond with the appropriate level of care.<\/p>\n
“It’s this blend of that behavioral health urgent care,” said Pugsley. “So, someone can really come in with a self-defined crisis, just like if you were taking your kiddo to an urgent care visit for a medical reason.”<\/p>\n
Pugsley said at that point, the clinical assessment team can evaluate the child and determine if they need in-patient or outpatient treatment, family therapy, or on-the-spot counseling that could allow them to return home the same day.<\/p>\n
The $114 million facility was funded by donor contributions and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 following the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n
Pugsley said Children’s Nebraska offers a unique continuum of care that allows kids with behavioral health issues to find help \u2013 even if they’re not admitted to the hospital \u2013 in its crisis stabilization unit.<\/p>\n
“We have therapists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, nurses, behavioral health tech specialists and peer support specialists,” said Pugsley, “that are all working as a team to help them in that moment.”<\/p>\n
She added that the continuum of care that includes crisis stabilization and urgent care is brand new in the state of Nebraska.<\/p>\n
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