Tamarack guidelines when evaluating a youth for admission
The youth must be medically stable.
The youth either male or female, is between the ages 12 through 17.
The youth must demonstrate sufficient cognitive ability as to understand and participate in psycho-educational treatment in a psychiatric setting.
Child must have a full scale IQ of 80 as a minimum.
A youth must present one of the following conditions
The youth requires continuous 24 hour a day psychiatric supervision.
The youth is assessed to be an active danger to self or others.
The youth is assessed to have impaired reality testing/ orientation which hinder ability to function in daily life.
The youth exhibits depressive symptoms which hinder ability to function in daily life.
The youth shows evidence of a psychiatric impairment as defined in the DSM IV which prevents the youth from functioning in a lesser restrictive level of care.
The youth is involuntarily committed pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington.
Conditions that will exclude a youth
The youth cannot be so physically challenged as to not be able to care for self.
The youth presents a history or level of aggression that could compromise the safety of the milieu.
The youth is exhibiting behaviors that are more consistent with an acute psychiatric hospital level of care.
