Ballad Health announced today the addition of a new Walk-In Behavioral Crisis Center at Woodridge Hospital in Johnson City.
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the center is intended for patients experiencing behavioral health emergencies such as suicidal or homicidal ideation, acute psychosis, auditory and/or visual hallucinations or any other extreme mental or emotional crises.
Previously, patients with behavioral health crises often arrived at emergency departments to wait until they could be seen by a behavioral health professional or be transferred to a behavioral health center. While the process kept the patient safe from immediate physical harm, the long waits delayed the implementation of a treatment plan and contributed to emergency room overcrowding.
