Treatment and Outcomes in Adult Designated Psychiatric Emergency Service Units.

The United States is experiencing a mental health crisis. Access to psychiatric care is drastically declining. Designated psychiatric emergency services (PES) units can provide specialized psychiatric care to patients in crisis. Patients receive immediate, focused psychiatric assessments in a safe environment along with treatment and stabilization with appropriate disposition. Designated PES units foster improved patient clinical outcomes and higher satisfaction rates for psychiatric patients in crisis than traditional emergency departments.