The Behavioral Health Crisis Care Continuum for Youth, an Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America: Volume 35-3 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780443520648)

In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Jonathon W. Wanta, Vera Feuer, and Rebecca Marshall bring their considerable expertise to the topic of The Behavioral Health Crisis Care Continuum for Youth, a coordinated system designed to provide timely support for children and adolescents experiencing mental health emergencies. Its structured pathways include early intervention, crisis call lines, mobile crisis teams, short-term stabilization services, and connection to ongoing community-based treatment. By reducing reliance on emergency departments, law enforcement, and inpatient hospitalization, the continuum focuses on safety, family-centered care, and helping young people stabilize and recover in the least restrictive environment possible.

• Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including school crisis centers; mobile crisis response; virtual crisis care/digital interventions; crisis residential programs and crisis stabilization units; special populations; how to build a crisis stabilization program; and more
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the Behavioral Health Crisis Care Continuum for Youth, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Author: Jonathon W. Wanta
ISBN-10: 044352064X
ISBN-13: 9780443520648
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2026
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs