Magellan to Focus on Short-Term Residential Treatment Model for Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Children’s Services On September 30, 2010, Magellan Health Services announced that it planned to expand its use of a Short-Term Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) model; compared to traditional standards, the Short-Term RTF model decreased the amount of time that youth with serious emotional disturbances spent in a residential treatment facility. The new direction was based on the strength of the results of a 12-month pilot program in Pennsylvania in which youth stayed only 60 to 120 days in a RTF, instead of the more common six or more months. The pilot . . .