Emergency Psychiatric Services
850.703.3435
Emergency Psychiatry
Acute mental disorders, situational crises and psychiatric emergencies are frequent and serious medical emergencies demanding urgent professional at¬tention.
Mental health and psychiatric emergencies are generally conditions that have resulted in disturbed behaviors or critical situations that if left unattended, can lead to serious, catastrophic, and life-threatening results.
These emergencies demand highly skilled and educated professional intervention in a private environment with regard for human life, and respect for human dignity at an affordable cost.
Some Hospital emergency rooms may maintain a primary mental health care screener for mental health services. However, even this service, is not available at all hospitals. These facilities may not be able to provide the patient with privacy and prompt service they need during such critical situations, Further, the cost of emergency hospital visits are further prohibitive. Emergency Psychiatry Services at Sunshine Behavioral Medicine is designed to meet this need.
Overview
Splitting the mind and the soul from the body, as though they are separate entities, is a backward way of thinking; separating the diseases of the mind and the soul from the diseases of the body is an outdated medical idea.
When the mind or the soul is sick, the body cries; when the body is sick, the mind and soul sympathize.
When is it a Psychiatric Emergency?
Psychiatric Emergencies include, but are not limited to:
• Thoughts and intentions of committing suicide, or harming oneself
• Thoughts and intentions of harming others
• Acute depression
• Mania and hypomania
• Panic attack
• Anxiety
• Side effects to psychiatric medications
• Imaginary behaviors (also known as delirium) such as carrying on a conversation with imaginary people not present, or reaching and picking imaginary objects from space
• Changing or altered state of the mind in which the person seems aware and informed one minute but disoriented and confused the next minute
• Raging relational conflicts, Escalating and uncontrollable anger.
• Intrusive obsessional and harmful thoughts
• Paranoia
• False perception, also known as hallucination, in which one may hear voices or see visions not sensible or recognizable by others
• Unusual and improbable beliefs, also known as delusions
• Disorganized behavior such as compulsive disrobing
• Inappropriate social behavior such as urinating in public
• Physical symptoms of craving for or withdrawal from drugs
• Poor self-control and governance, unlawful conduct.
• Pre-consultation Assessment:
• Psychiatric Consultation
• Psychiatric Follow up visits.
• Counseling
• Voluntary Hospital Admission
• Involuntary Hospital Admission – Baker Act Services
• Daily Hospital Visit
• Hospital Discharge
• Civil Commitment and Court Appearance
• Sorry, we do NOT accept Walk-ins. All services are provided by prior call for appointments.
• All Emergency appointments are made after financial arrangements are met.
• Cost of the services are based on a fee schedule for each service. Fore inquires please call 850.703.3435
• We do not accept insurance as payment for Emergency Psychiatry Services. All payments should be made in advance by cash or credit card and before services are rendered.
All sales are final and there is no refund for failure to show up or refusal to follow medical instructions.
• There is no warranty what medications are prescribed or what procedures are recommended. Such decisions are based on medical opinions.
• Sunshine Behavioral Medicine is a SAFE WORKPLACE. Possession of lethal weapons and firearm on the premises are prohibited.
• We expect courteous and peaceful conduct from those we serve. Discourtesy to staff and personnel is not tolerated.
Contact us to schedule your assessment.