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Inpatient Mental Health offered by Swedish Medical Center in Ballard

Provides a voluntary & involuntary, 22-bed, secure psychiatric unit with treatment program focused on acute illness and crisis stabilization for adults.   Offers a variety of inpatient groups focused on skill building to respond to crisis. Among the areas addressed in the group program are goal setting, grief and loss, healthy habits and stress management. Medication stabilization and psychopharmacology are also key treatment modalities. Discharge planning emphasizes use of outpatient resources to decrease the need for hospitalization. Community providers are encouraged to participate in treatment and discharge planning.

Physical Address

5300 Tallman Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WA 98107

Hours

24 hours daily.

Application process

Call the Psychiatric Admissions through the hospital page operator. Be prepared to provide specific information about health insurance. Community providers requesting services will be asked to secure any necessary pre-authorization for the referred client.

Fee

Room and board charges vary with programs. Additional charges are made for medications and treatments. Private insurance, Medicare and WA Apple Health (Medicaid) accepted.

Eligibility

Adults who meet criteria of need for acute and emergent inpatient hospitalization, require intensive psychiatric care, and cannot be stabilized in the community.

Languages

Interpreter services

Service area

King, WA

Agency info

Swedish Medical Center in Ballard

Offers general and acute inpatient and outpatient medical services, including an emergency room. Provides OB GYN/Midwifery outpatient care, and serves as a WIC site. Offers inpatient addiction treatment services for pregnant women and a detoxification program for adults. Also offers an inpatient mental health unit.