| Riverside | Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit | |
150 South Front Street |
Supervisor: Adam Hicks | |
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| Mission: |
| TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND DIGNIFIED ENVIRONMENT WHICH ASSURES INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME STABLE.The Adult Crisis Unit is an eight bed facility. The Unit is open 24 hours - 7 days per week and is available to both men and women. The unit provides short term crisis intervention, (average length of stay is 4 days) and is available to those individuals at risk of psychiatric hospitalization, and without intervention would likely require such hospitalization.Multiple services are provided in the Unit: Assessment and evaluation, treatment planning, crisis intervention, discharge planning, skill building activities, psycho educational and individual / group interventions, psychiatric services. |
| Admission Criteria |
| The Individual shall be: age 18 or over; medically stable; able to perform activities of daily living; able to contract for safety; experiencing acute symptoms of mental illness which it is thought will decrease in severity under continuous supervision in a safe clinical environment; at risk of psychiatric hospitalization; but does not meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization. |
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Services Provided: |
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Assessment and Evaluation |
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Service/Treatment Planning |
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Crisis Intervention |
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Discharge Planning and Linkages with Community Resources |
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Skill Building Activities |
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Individual and Group Intervention |
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Psycho education (e.g., symptom management and identification) |
| Psychiatric Services | |
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Services are provided to individuals which shall be: |
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Voluntarily willing for services |
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Age 18 or over |
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Medically Stable |
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Able to perform activities of daily living |
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Able to contract for safety |
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Experiencing acute symptoms of mental illness, which it is thought will decrease in severity under continuous supervision in a safe clinical environment |
| At risk of psychiatric hospitalization, but does not meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization | |