Higher Level Care for Preteens
There are many options for more intense outpatient and inpatient treatment for teenagers. Here are some options broken down by level of care. We have no affiliation with any of the following companies.
Intensive Outpatient Programs
These programs are referred to as "IOP", and usually meet 3-4 days per week for 90-120 minutes at a time, typically after school. These often run 4-12 weeks in duration.
Embark Behavioral Health has a location in Berwyn but is just for ages 12 and up.
Senare is a newer program that has programs for ages 8 and up throughout the Philadelphia area.
The Light Program has many locations and levels of care but is just for ages 12 and up. They have programs that focus on depression, anxiety, substance use, and eating disorders.
The Rogers Program is located just inside Philadelphia, near St. Joe's University. https://rogersbh.org/what-we-treat/mood-disorders/mood-disorder-outpatient-services
New Jersey:
Princeton House in Princeton, NJ offers many levels of care to all ages and for a variety of diagnoses.
Day programs
These programs are referred to as "Partial Hospitalization" and are outpatient programs that usually meet from 9am-3pm, Monday through Friday. These often run for 10 business days.
The Horsham Clinic offers a day program for children & teens; the child program is in Ambler.
Embark Behavioral Health has a location in Berwyn but is just for ages 12 and up.
Senare is a newer program that has programs for all ages throughout the region.
The Light Program has many locations and levels of care. They have programs that focus on depression, anxiety, substance use, and eating disorders.
New Jersey:
Princeton House in Princeton, NJ offers many levels of care to all ages and for a variety of diagnoses.
Inpatient Psychiatry Hospitals
In most cases, the patient is admitted to an inpatient hospital by first going through an area emergency room (CHOP or Bryn Mawr Hospital are our top recommendations). The patient often doesn't have any say in which inpatient hospital they are admitted to. There are numerous inpatient options in the region.
