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Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
The Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program is a twenty-four hour/seven day a week operation that provides emergency psychiatric services, mobile crisis services and extended observation beds for individuals 18 years of age and older.
Services can be accessed by telephone or in person.
| Location |
Phone/Fax |
Hours |
Manager |
DC General Hospital Compound
Building 14
1905 E Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003 |
Office: (202) 673-9319
Fax: (202) 698-3171 |
24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
Cynthia Holloway,
Director of Crisis and Emergency Services |
Mobile Crisis Services
Mobile crisis services is available from 9 am to 1 am every day and can be activated through the Access Helpline on 1-888-793-4357.
Mobile crisis services teams respond to adults throughout the District who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis whether in the homes or on the street and who are unable or unwilling to travel to receive mental health services.
The teams provide crisis stabilization including dispensing medication and perform assessment for voluntary and involuntary hospitalizations and linkages to other services, such as crisis beds and substance abuse detoxification and treatment. The teams work with family members and the community based mental health provider, if appropriate, to help with follow up.
Mobile crisis services was one of the primary recommendations of the Crisis Emergency Services Planning Workgroup* convened by DMH in February 2007 to review its system for delivering crisis/emergency services and to develop a comprehensive plan for coordinated crisis emergency services and crisis prevention. The workgroup was made up of representatives from the Metropolitan Police Department; Fire and Emergency Services; the Department of Health, Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration; the Office of Unified Communications; the D.C. Superior Court; crisis residential stabilization providers; consumers; community providers, and advocates. A Final Report* was issued on December 21, 2007. DMH holds quarterly meetings of the Crisis Emergency Services Planning Workgroup to provide updates about progress implementing its recommendations.
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