Psychiatric Evaluations in the Emergency Room (843) - 303.63 kB
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This document outlines the generally accepted standard of care you should expect from professionals who perform psychiatric evaluations in the ER and also what you can do as a family member to make sure the professional has access to the best information.
Mental Health and Crisis Services
Pikes Peak Mental Health Crisis Line: (719) 635-7000
Local Mental Health Agency number
Pikes Peak Mental Health: (719) 572-6200
Local Hospital numbers:
Cedar Springs: 633-4114
St Francis: 776-8432
Memorial: 365-5000
Emergency Room: 365-5221
Penrose Main: 776-5000
The Lighthouse: 572-6240
Local Police: 911
Colorado Springs Police Dept.: 444-7000
El Paso County Sheriff : 390-5555
Woodland Park Police Dept.: (719) 687-9262
Teller County Sheriff: (719) 687-9652
State Police: 544-2424
*277 for cell phones
Additional Numbers:
Colorado State Hospital: 719 546-4000
Fort Logan Mental Hospital: 303 866-7066
NAMI NATIONAL HELP LINE: 1-800-950-6264
NAMI COLORADO HELP LINE: 1-888 566-6264
Social Security Office: 1-800-772d-1213
State Ombuds: 303-813-1173 or 877 3317-9900
Correctional Medical Services-Cara Segal: 390-2167(Jail Nurse)
Other:
NAMI STATE OFFICE: 303 321-3104
NAMI COLORADO SPRINGS OFFICE: 473-8477
NAMI SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATOR:
Deirdre Gilbert 634-8224 / 4738477
STATE DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: 1-800-811-7648 OR 303-866-7424
DEPRESSIVE BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE(DBSA): 477-1515
STATE ASSOC OF MENTAL HEALTH: 1-800-457-3249, LOCAL 633-460
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
