Crisis Stabilization Unit

This 12-bed, 96 hour stabilization program provides intervention to those over the age of 18 who do not meet criteria for inpatient psychiatric care but are experiencing problems that could escalate to a point of requiring hospitalization. Crisis resolution and individualized structured therapeutic activities are provided to patients within a social rehabilitation treatment model.

Services often include:

• Psychiatric evaluations
• Physical examinations
• Blood tests and imaging
• Needs assessment to identify the stressors leading to the current crisis
• Crisis intervention and resolution
• Psychopharmacologic evaluation and management
• Crisis-oriented family therapy and psychoeducation
• Group and individual therapies focused on problem management and coping skills, acute life stressors, psychiatric disorders, medication and recovery
• Case management and collaboration with the patient's outpatient clinician, physicians, family and community agencies to facilitate an integrated approach and establish comprehensive transition plans