Crisis Intervention Services

Provides a variety of accessible services for emergency assessments, hospital screening, treatment, and referral for individuals experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Provides around the clock access to mental health services to enable individuals in crisis to receive the most effective services as close to their home as possible. The center has programs during work hours specifically to address acute psychiatric needs.

Hotline Hotline, a telephone counseling service, answers the Center telephones after business hours and can page mental health on-call staff. The on-call staff can offer support to individuals by telephone and arrange to meet individuals in a local emergency room.

Hospitalization In the event hospitalization is required, on-call staff attempt to arrange short term inpatient care at a local hospital. If this is not feasible, South Carolina Department of Mental Health hospitals are available to Berkeley County residents.