The Child Inpatient Unit is a 12 bed acute mental health unit for children up to 12 years old (primary school age).
We offer a short, intensive stay between 2 and 4 weeks and provide a comprehensive service to children and their families.
Children need to be accompanied by their parents or carers when they are admitted to the unit to support their emotional wellbeing. This provides your child with the care and support they need, and it also means that you get the support you need.
We provide the following services:
We are also a learning and teaching environment and regularly have students of various disciplines.
Your child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) or private psychiatrist will organise for you to access this service.
We accept referrals from the infant child and youth mental health service (ICYMHS) catchment area, and private psychiatry.
All initial referrals go through Oasis Child Unit at Monash Children’s Health, call 03 8572 4693.
Find out more about referrals to mental health.
Phone: 03 9496 5108
After hours: 03 9496 5000
Marian Drummond Building
Austin Hospital
145 Studley Road
Heidelberg VIC
Child Inpatient Unit
Austin Hospital
PO Box 5555
Heidelberg VIC 3084
Australia