You can bring him into any emergency room for a psych assessment..they all operate the same for mental health and most, if not all inpatient psychiatric units assess and admit 24/7 365. Tuckers is the biggest inpatient hospital in RVA and has 7 different units that specialize in different areas of mental health. Retreat is a much smaller unit so he might get more patient-centered care there (they also have private rooms) most other hospitals he’d have a roommate. For Tuckers or Retreat admit, bring him into their ER - no appointment needed. If he doesn’t meet inpatient criteria, he will receive out patient and/or partial hospitalization resources.
Source: I’m a social worker in RVA who does psychiatric assessments in the ER to determine inpatient admit vs outpatient referrals.
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You can bring him into any emergency room for a psych assessment..they all operate the same for mental health and most, if not all inpatient psychiatric units assess and admit 24/7 365. Tuckers is the biggest inpatient hospital in RVA and has 7 different units that specialize in different areas of mental health. Retreat is a much smaller unit so he might get more patient-centered care there (they also have private rooms) most other hospitals he’d have a roommate. For Tuckers or Retreat admit, bring him into their ER - no appointment needed. If he doesn’t meet inpatient criteria, he will receive out patient and/or partial hospitalization resources. Source: I’m a social worker in RVA who does psychiatric assessments in the ER to determine inpatient admit vs outpatient referrals.