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Emergency, Psychiatric Assessment Treatment and Healing (EmPATH) Unit

  • Category: Outpatient Services
  • Location Type: Winchester Medical Center

About This Location

This unit offers immediate mental health care in a therapeutic environment.
  • Immediate Mental Health Care: The EmPATH unit provides an alternative to the emergency room for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, ensuring timely and appropriate care.
  • Therapeutic Environment: Designed to accommodate the needs of patients in crisis, the unit offers a private, dedicated, calming space for therapeutic and psychiatric intervention.
  • Comprehensive Services: The unit provides immediate assessment, treatment, and healing, allowing patients to transition seamlessly between levels of care as their condition changes.
  • Direct Patient Walk-Ins: As the only EmPATH unit in a hospital setting in Virginia that accepts direct patient walk-ins, it ensures accessibility and immediate support.