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New Perspectives - Oct,
1998 Issue #54
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ADOLESCENT TRANSITIONAL CENTER
CAPISTRANO BY THE SEA Hospital
(Behavioral Care Health Systems)
Dana Point, California
George P. Condas, Ph.D., Clinical Director
714-496-5702
Opening January 12, 1998, The Adolescent Transitional Center is a new residential
complement to Capistrano By The Sea’s existing psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment programs for adolescents. It “is for
those adolescents who do not currently require inpatient treatment, but who need more structure than an outpatient program.”
It is “a licensed adolescent psychiatric program with a locked 16 bed step-down
component ... which meets and exceeds State licensing requirements for an acute treatment program. This program is not licensed as
a residential treatment (RTC) program.”
“Adolescents can be admitted directly into the Center or transferred to it
from an inpatient program.... The multidisciplinary treatment team includes licensed therapists, psychiatric nurses, CD counselors,
a registered dietitian, social workers, and activity therapists.... For the parent, our Adolescent Transitional Center offers training
and education in effective parenting skills, multifamily therapy and support, and individual family therapy. Successful discharge
to home and community is the primary goal of treatment.”
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