Intensive Outpatient Psychiatric (IOP) Services are defined as treatment provided in the home or community to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance up to the age twenty-one (21) for family stabilization. The goal is to defuse the current crisis, stabilize the living arrangement, and offer the family and child/youth alternatives to being in crisis. Intensive Outpatient Psychiatric for Children/Youth is intended to safely intervene with families that request treatment but cannot commit to the intensity of Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) services in their home.
