Getting help for a psychiatric crisis at a hospital emergency room is not wrong, but there are alternatives that may be safer and less overwhelming. A security guard in a Valley hospital emergency ...

The psychiatric emergency department is part ... Separate from a traditional emergency room, it is specifically designed to care for these types of cases. The space includes treatment areas ...

Sonoma County’s emergency room for psychiatric patients closed suddenly due to mold. Now hospitals are feeling the strain With no secure, overnight option for treating local patients ...

Patients seeking psychiatric treatment sometimes had to wait days in Chesapeake Regional Medical Center’s emergency room for space at facilities across the state to open up, the hospital told ...

Patients seen at the psychiatric emergency room can be admitted to the MetroHealth Behavioral Health Hospital if they are over 18, she said. Emergency room patients also can be referred to other ...