Outpatient Crisis Clinic: A Multidisciplinary Clinic Focused on Youth Suicide Risk

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Outpatient crisis clinic offers timely, suicide-focused care in a nonrestrictive setting, providing a safe alternative to higher levels of care for suicidal youth.
Children's Hospital Colorado model enabled swift connection to evidence-based, family-focused outpatient therapy, with high satisfaction among youth, caregivers, and referring clinicians.
Implementation emphasises the need for robust care coordination and collaboration to transition youth into and back to community treatment safely.

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2026 Jul;35(3):465-477. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2026.03.004. Epub 2026 Apr 22.

ABSTRACT

A crisis clinic may provide an opportunity for a youth to receive timely, suicide-focused care in a nonrestrictive setting. Children’s Hospital Colorado provides a model for this type of clinic. Youth, caregivers, and referring clinicians have voiced satisfaction with this treatment option, which has afforded swift connection to evidence-based and family-focused outpatient therapy as a safe alternative to higher levels of care for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Our implementation process has highlighted the importance of robust care coordination support and collaboration in transitioning youth into, or back to, treatment in their communities.

PMID:42297548 | DOI:10.1016/j.chc.2026.03.004

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