Hospital of Saint Raphael
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Key Services

Psychiatry

Phone: (203) 789-3239

In addition to our in-patient psychiatric unit, Saint Raphael's offers a variety of psychiatric programs for children, adolescents and adults.

Adolescent Day Hospital
Phone: (203) 789-5969

This is a "partial hospitalization" program for adolescents who require intensive, multidisciplinary treatment but do not require hospitalization. Treatment includes intensive group, family and individual therapies. Connections are maintained with the child's school and other social supports. Hours are 1-5 p.m. weekdays. Families and other members also attend a weekly family support group.

Located at 301 Orchard St. in New Haven the Children's Day Hospital helps the family plan and prepare for discharge by securing ongoing therapy and community services, and also acts as a liaison with the school and other social supports.


Chemical Dependence Program
Phone: 784-8790 (evening)

Located at 1294 Chapel St., New Haven, this program provides intensive, outpatient partial hospitalization for people who abuse or are dependent upon a variety of drugs, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin or prescription medications. Treatment includes individual and family psychotherapy, as well as programs to help participants maintain a substance-free lifestyle


Children's Day Hospital
(203) 789-5969

This program offers "partial hospitalization" for children ages 4 to 12 who need intense, multidisciplinary treatment but do not require hospitalization. Treatment includes intensive group, family and individual therapies.

Located at 301 Orchard St. in New Haven, the Children's Day Hospital helps the family plan and prepare for discharge by securing ongoing therapy and community services, and also acts as a liaison with the school and other social supports.


Child and Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Services
Phone: (203) 789-5969

This service offers in-home, community-based crisis intervention to children and adolescents, ages 3 to 17, and their families.


Children's Psychiatric  Emergency Services
Jennifer Fuoco, LCSW, Director Inpatient Child Psychiatry (203) 789-3340 or jfuoco@srhs.org, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

At all other times or in an emergency, please contact the unit at (203) 789-3633.
Children's Psychiatric Emergency Services is a 20-bed, brief treatment inpatient unit for children and adolescents from age 2 to 17 (13 for boys), suffering from a variety of psychiatric disorders. Emphasis is on evaluation and stabilization. Treatment consists of intensive individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
Treatment includes:

  • Psychiatric evaluation by board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, including medication evaluation
  • Each child will be assigned a therapist who will provide individual and family psychotherapy throughout their stay
  • 24-hour care by specially trained nurses
  • Tutorial instruction provided by a teacher with a master's degree in special education from ACES (Area Cooperative Educational Services)
  • Parent and sibling education programs and support groups

Upon admission, each child receives a physical examination from a pediatrician. A pediatric neurologist is available to perform a neurological assessment as needed.


Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic
Phone: (203) 784-8700

Outpatient therapy and treatment for adults 18 and over suffering from depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, panic disorders, family problems and other psychiatric disorders. Specialized programs are offered in treatment of domestic violence and for patients with mental retardation and mental illness

Page last updated on Sep. 28, 2007