The Emergency Screening Unit (ESU) provides emergency psychiatric evaluations, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, brief outpatient counseling, case management and emergency medication management to children and adolescents under age 18. Over 1,000 youth receive an emergency psychiatric assessment at the Emergency Screening Unit annually. The unit is open 24 hours/7 days a week, and serves the entire County. Patients are brought by parents/guardians, social workers, law enforcement or ambulance from their family residences or from shelters, Juvenile Hall, hospital emergency rooms, schools, foster homes, group homes, or residential facilities.
Emergency Screening Unit
(619) 876-4502
Services:
Emergency psychiatric evaluations, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, brief outpatient counseling, case management, emergency medication management
Payment Options:
Medi-Cal or those without medical coverage
Eligibility:
Under age 18
Types of Needs:
Psychiatric Emergency Services
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.