As its latest investment in mental health services for children and teens, Children’s Minnesota is announcing plans to open a second partial hospitalization program (PHP) in Roseville in early 2023.
Children’s Minnesota welcomed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to its St. Paul hospital to tour construction of its first inpatient mental health unit. Following the tour, Gov. Walz ceremonially signed mental health legislation that included a bill providing 22 bed licenses for the unit, expected to serve kids and teens this fall.
During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Dr. Katy Miller, adolescent health specialist at Children’s Minnesota, broke down some of the key mental health concerns tied to social media.
. “How Children’s hospitals can plan for the future of pediatric care and COVID-19” explored what children’s hospitals have learned since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.
Children’s Minnesota kid experts, Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd (they/she), chief education officer and medical director of the Gender Health program, and Jamie Winter (she/her), RN, MBA, director of mental health services, have been recognized as 2022 Health Care Heroes by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
The new inpatient center will be the first in the east metro to treat kids under 12 years old and will be able to serve children with other complex medical conditions.
Children’s Minnesota has expanded its acute mental health services with the opening of a partial hospitalization program (PHP) for adolescents. This program was developed to address the urgent need for intensive mental health services for children and adolescents.
Children’s Minnesota opened its second mental health partial hospitalization program (PHP) for kids and teens. The new location is located in Roseville at the Children’s Minnesota Mental Health Specialty Clinic. Find out more.