EmPATH Units (aka common sense treatment for acute mental illness) Opening Across US
Check out the EmPATH Units - which deliver improved short-term care for psychiatric patients after ED and crisis stabilization - opening across the country (links below).
- South Carolina: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/health/mcnabb-center-empath-unit-opens/51-7ca01854-a134-4214-b2d9-bafcfb3438d3
- Tennessee: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/health/mcnabb-center-empath-unit-opens/51-7ca01854-a134-4214-b2d9-bafcfb3438d3
- New Jersey: https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/01/overlook-medical-center-summit-opens-empath-unit-patients-behavioral-health-crises/
- Minnesota: https://bhbusiness.com/2023/09/05/empath-units-seek-to-shatter-the-behavioral-health-emergency-department-bottleneck/
- Virginia: https://wset.com/news/local/centra-lynchburg-virginia-opens-first-ever-east-coast-empath-unit-geared-toward-treating-behavioral-health-patients-september-2023