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Inpatient Services
Adolescent Inpatient Unit
St. Joseph’s Adolescent Inpatient Unit
The adolescent unit has 6 beds and is located on the ground floor of the main St. Vincent’s Hospital building. Plans are currently underway to increase its capacity to 12 beds in the future.
...............................................................................................................................................................................The catchment area for the unit is the Dublin North-East Administrative Area, comprising 6 Local Health Offices: Dublin North Central, North West Dublin, Louth, Meath and Cavan/Monaghan (see map).
Admission Process:
Referrals can be sent to Ms. Claire Henchy, CNM III / Service Manager or to Dr Michelle Harley, Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist, at the following address:
St. Joseph’s Adolescent Inpatient Unit, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview, Convent Avenue, Richmond Road, Fairview.
Telephone Number: 01-8842460 (ring main hospital switch after 9pm : 01-8842400)
Fax Number: 01-8842461
Currently the unit accepts referrals of 16-18 year old adolescents with severe and / or complex mental health difficulties where there is a likely Axis I disorder (a major mental illness such as psychotic, mood, anxiety disorder or an eating disorder) and where other less restrictive care settings have failed or are inappropriate (because of an element of risk for example).
16 -18 year olds with mild learning difficulties may be admitted to the unit but it does not cater for those with moderate or severe learning difficulties. Admissions to the unit will be on a planned basis during normal working hours. On call cover for the unit is currently provided by Non Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) and Consultants in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, The Children’s University Hospital Temple Street and St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview.
St. Joseph’s Adolescent Inpatient Unit is a Tertiary service. Referrals will be accepted from Consultants within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Adult Psychiatric Services (community, day hospital and liaison services) from within the catchment area. A referral form can be obtained from reception (contact number included below). Prior to an adolescent being accepted for admission to the inpatient unit, a formal agreement must be in place with a designated Community Mental Health Service that has agreed to accept the ongoing responsibility for psychiatric care of the adolescent following discharge from St. Joseph’s Adolescent Services.
