Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Expansion of Trauma-Informed Care for Inpatient and Outpatient Adolescents at Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center in Los Angeles - Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center will expand trauma-informed care and screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to adolescents (13-17 years) and transition-age youth (18-26 years) who are receiving mental health services. Suicide is one of the top three leading causes of death for youth, and trauma is a strong risk factor for suicide. It is critical to address the underlying drivers of suicide and other mental health disorders among youth (depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorders). Targeting ACEs with trauma-informed care is one effective strategy to improve youth mental health. Gateways serves primarily LA County Service Planning Area 4, where the hospital is located and where 55% of its patients reside. The population of focus in SPA 4 includes low-income adolescents and transition-age youth experiencing serious emotional problems or acute psychiatric emergencies, including suicide attempts. Most are racial/ethnic minorities (53% are Hispanic, 21% Black, 17% White, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander with 3% of other races or ethnicities). Our goal is to expand trauma-informed care and ACEs screening to reach 250 more youth in this project's one year project period by extending our screening from not only those 13-17 years old but also to transition-age and other youth up to the age of 26. We will also expand our screening to include outpatient as well as inpatient care, plus train more of our clinicians across departments to ensure they can provide the latest in trauma-informed care to expertly guide our staff as we expand our program. We will also upgrade our telehealth system to be able to reach more youth. Finally, we will engage a Youth and Family Advisory Board comprised of former patients and community members to facilitate greater outreach in our neighborhoods to protect the young people in our service area from suffering adverse mental health conditions that could lead them to harm themselves or others.
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