Crisis Stabilization Unit. (CSU) means a psychiatric crisis stabilization program that operates twenty-four (24) hours a day that serves Orange County residents aged thirteen (13) and older who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis and need immediate evaluation. Individuals receive a thorough psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization treatment, and referral to the appropriate level of continuing care. As a designated outpatient facility, the CSU may evaluate and treat individuals for no longer than twenty-three (23) hours and fifty-nine (59) minutes.
Crisis Stabilization Unit. (CSU) means a behavioral health crisis stabilization program that operates twenty-four (24) hours a day that serves Orange County clients, aged eighteen (18) and older, who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis that cannot wait until a regularly scheduled appointment. Crisis Stabilization services include psychiatric evaluations, nursing assessments, consultations with significant others and outpatient providers, individual and family education, crisis intervention services, counseling/therapy services provided by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Marriage Family Therapist, basic medical services, medication services, and referrals and linkages to the appropriate level of continuing care and community services, including Peer Mentoring services. As a designated outpatient facility, the CSU may evaluate and treat individuals for no longer than twenty-three (23) hours and fifty- nine (59) minutes. The primary goal of the CSU is to help stabilize the crises and begin treating individuals in order to refer them to the most appropriate, least restrictive non-hospital setting when indicated or to facilitate admission to psychiatric inpatient units when the need for this level of care is present.
