Gaston describes H&H medical and Bellevue mental health services
Gaston describes medical and mental health services provided by H&H and Bellevue. She says H&H provides 24/7 medical and dental care and Bellevue provides trauma-informed mental health teams, with roughly 80 to 90% of detained youth voluntarily engaged in mental health services.
Finally, critical to the success of the young people is the provision of high quality health and mental health services, which are provided by H&H and Bellevue respectively.
H&H provides comprehensive medical and dental care in secure detention.
Medical services are available 24-7 for all youth housed in secure and non-secure detention.
And includes initial and comprehensive assessments, episodic visits, routine care, as well as scheduling and coordination of specialty appointments.
Bellevue Juvenile Mental Health Services provides comprehensive, trauma-informed mental health services
with a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and creative artists, creative arts therapists.
All youth have ongoing access to mental health treatment provided by Bellevue, and typically approximately 80 to 90% of the youth in detention are engaged in mental health services on a voluntary basis.