Meet Mae: A Seattle Children’s Hospital Champion
In late January, Mae was taken to the hospital to access mental health care. After this, her parents realized the extent of the challenges she faced with her mental health.
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“They immediately discovered their role in keeping the home safe, providing me with specialized needs and making sure I was getting treatment,” says Mae.
Two days after Mae was treated, she was admitted to the Psychiatric Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) for two weeks. Case managers in the PBMU were able to prepare her and her family and for the discharge.
Mae was referred to Children’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), which had just opened, where she spent six weeks.
“My children's hospital is important to me because they offered me opportunities and resources to get the help that I needed,” says Mae. “The PHP provided me with skills I can use, building a life worth living, and therapy.”
Currently, she is doing very well and participating in school for the first time in two months. In her free time, she loves bingeing new TV shows.
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