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Manatee Palms and USF Partner for Trauma Informed Care Initiative BRADENTON, Fla. – (July 16, 2010) – Manatee Palms Youth Services, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently partnered with the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) at the University of South Florida (USF) on an initiative in Trauma Informed Care for patients in residential treatment settings. In April, Manatee Palms therapists and mental health technicians attended a four-hour trauma informed training session by Norin Dollard, Ph.D. and Vicki Hummer, LCSW, of FMHI. As a follow up, an eight-week training on behavioral analysis, with an emphasis on trauma informed care, will be provided to the direct-line staff of mental health technicians at Manatee Palms. The training will provide the core staff with the necessary skills to approach every child in treatment with a trauma informed approach. “Every child who is in need of a residential treatment setting has experienced some loss, abuse or trauma,” said CEO Jeff Turiczek. “We see this collaboration as essential to providing the best quality of care to our patients and their families. We look forward to this continued partnership with the team at FMHI and USF.” About Manatee Palms Youth Services Manatee Palms Youth Services is a fully licensed, 60-bed Level IV Intensive Residential Treatment Facility (IRTF) that provides services to children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 years old. The facility provides trauma-informed care, specializing in a girls’ specific unit, a boys’ specific unit and sexually maladaptive/sexually reactive unit for boys. Manatee Palms is licensed by the State of Florida and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Manatee Palms is the recipient of the 2008 Florida Trauma Champion Award presented by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. For information, please visit www.manateepalmsmediapsi.com About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com ###

Friday, July 16, 2010

Manatee Palms and USF Partner for Trauma Informed Care Initiative

BRADENTON, Fla. – (July 16, 2010) – Manatee Palms Youth Services, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently partnered with the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) at the University of South Florida (USF) on an initiative in Trauma Informed Care for patients in residential treatment settings.

In April, Manatee Palms therapists and mental health technicians attended a four-hour trauma informed training session by Norin Dollard, Ph.D. and Vicki Hummer, LCSW, of FMHI. As a follow up, an eight-week training on behavioral analysis, with an emphasis on trauma informed care, will be provided to the direct-line staff of mental health technicians at Manatee Palms. The training will provide the core staff with the necessary skills to approach every child in treatment with a trauma informed approach.

“Every child who is in need of a residential treatment setting has experienced some loss, abuse or trauma,” said CEO Jeff Turiczek. “We see this collaboration as essential to providing the best quality of care to our patients and their families. We look forward to this continued partnership with the team at FMHI and USF.”

About Manatee Palms Youth Services
Manatee Palms Youth Services is a fully licensed, 60-bed Level IV Intensive Residential Treatment Facility (IRTF) that provides services to children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 years old. The facility provides trauma-informed care, specializing in a girls’ specific unit, a boys’ specific unit and sexually maladaptive/sexually reactive unit for boys. Manatee Palms is licensed by the State of Florida and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Manatee Palms is the recipient of the 2008 Florida Trauma Champion Award presented by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. For information, please visit www.manateepalmsmediapsi.com

About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com

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