Referrals can be made by anyone (Individual, Family member, or Provider) by calling 412-647-4321, emailing at hopeteam@upmc.edu, OR by completing our Online Screener and requesting to be contacted.
Hope Team treats young people ages 10-26 with unusual and extraordinary experiences who process the world around them differently in what they believe or how they view things.
Hope Team refers young people with psychosis to other clinics. Psychosis is a clinical term for the experience of delusions (believing things in the face of no evidence or contrary evidence) and/or hallucinations (seeing/hearing things that other do not) which feel 100% real and are very upsetting, all-consuming, and/or interfering.
Family support and education -> Hope Team offers sessions for families either with or without other family members or support persons depending on needs, interests, and preferences.
Clinical best practices suggest young people at CHR may benefit from early treatment.
Since unusual experiences are linked to stress, helping stress coping may be useful