TAMS Teen Age Medical Services
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 Location
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2425 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Hours
9:00-5:30 Monday-Friday,Wednesdays until 8:00 pm
Phone, Fax, and e-mail
(612) 813-6125 phone
(612) 872-2338 fax
no e-mail at this time
TAMS Mission
TAMS' mission is to advance the total health of adolescents. We will accomplish this by providing accessible health services and advocating on behalf of youth regardless of ability to pay and respect for all races, beliefs, and lifestyles. We serve all adolescents-especially those youth whose complex needs are not served by the traditional health care system.
TAMS History
Teen Age Medical Service, or TAMS, is the adolescent outpatient program of Children's Health Care. It opened in 1968 as a reproductive health clinic in a renovated house in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis. Today TAMS is still in the house! The services have expanded to include primary health care and special programs in asthma, health education and outreach, eating disorders, and counseling for kids at both the main clinic and the school based clinic at Southwest High School.
Staff
Physicians
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Social Workers
Psychologists
A Registered Dietitian
Health Educators
Laboratory Technicians
Administrative and Support Staff
Ages of youth served
TAMS serves youth ages 10-23.
Fees
If you have health insurance TAMS will bill your insurance company for your health care. Other arrangements can be made for those without health care insurance or who want their visit to be confidential.
No one will be refused service due to inability to pay.
Volunteers
TAMS accepts volunteer instructors for the Birth Control classes. Volunteers must be 20 years or older. If interested in teaching such a course please call (612) 813-6844.
Medical Services
TAMS is a comprehensive clinic providing care for many health needs of adolescents
Physical exams
Sports physicals
Immunizations
Illness and injury
Common health concerns including:
Asthma, treatment of acne, rashes and skin conditions, low cost medications and more
Reproductive health care for Sexually transmitted diseases prevention and treatment.
Family planning including birth control, and information on preventing pregnancy.
Family planning exams and low cost birth control supplies
Pregnancy testing and counseling
Referral for other specialized care
Confidentiality
Youth under 18 may receive confidential services under the Minnesota Minor Consent Law. [Link to minor consent]. Youth over 18 are guaranteed confidential care because they are adults.
Appointments
For appointments, call (612) 813-6125
Counseling Services
Mental Health Services-counseling for personal problems and crisis
Individual therapy
Family therapy
Pregnancy counseling
Developmental issues
Consultation
Parent guidance sessions
Personality and intellectual assessments
Team assessments of medical and emotional issues
Liaison, referral and advocacy services
Eating Disorders Program-Multidisciplinary team approach to treatment of eating disorders
Medical evaluation and monitoring
Nutrition evaluation and counseling
Family interview and counseling
Adolescent psychological assessment
Nutrition
Weight loss or weight gain
Sports nutrition
Vegetarian eating
Healthy eating
Family and Adolescent Comprehensive Evaluations (FACE)-Team assessments and treatments of complex medical or emotional concerns
Chemical use
School avoidance
Family conflict
Chronic illness
Complex physical and emotional health concerns
Educational Services at TAMS
Health Education and Outreach. TAMS health educator provides presentations on these topics:
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (often called sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS
Interpersonal skills
Reproductive health
Chemical health
Sexual health and relationships
Wellness care
Sexual harassment and abuse
Family and peer relationships
Other Outreach Programs
"TAMS TALK" a peer education/cross age teaching program
"No Hang-ups" a free telephone service providing pre-recorded adolescent health information. 813-7070.
Examples of information include;
- Self-esteem (tape # 0001)
- Too much! Handling Stress (Tape # 0002)
- Thinking about sex (tape # 0004)
- Falling in Love (tape # 0005)
- Teen Pregnancy (tape # 0006)
- Homosexuality (tape # 0007)
- Body Changes (tape # 0009)
- Feeling hopeless: teen depression (tape # 0022)
- Birth Control (tape # 0040)
Southwest High School Clinic- a clinic of TAMS
Based at Southwest High School in Minneapolis, this school-based clinic provides students at Southwest High School with handy, accessible medical, health education, and counseling services. Young people can get help for acute medical care, sports physicals, birth control services, stress management counseling and much more.
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