BUP Alta is part of the public health service and offers specialist health services within child and adolescent psychiatry. The institution aims to provide treatment and follow-up for children and adolescents with mental health challenges. BUP stands for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, and professionals with different backgrounds work here to ensure comprehensive treatment.
The treatment offer includes assessment, therapy and counselling, and there is an emphasis on cooperation with guardians and other agencies such as schools and kindergartens. BUP Alta has an interdisciplinary team consisting of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and other health personnel, who work together to adapt the treatment to the individual patient's needs.