Supporting Your Journey to Better Mental Health
Community Behavioral Health Center an inpatient psychiatric facility. It is one of Community Medical Centers' four acute care facilities and provides a safe environment for patients needing 24/7 intensive, inpatient psychiatric treatment. Patients can be admitted either by walking in or through a hospital transfer.
A Safe and Therapeutic Environment for Patients
Community Behavioral Health Center prioritizes hiring and retaining skilled staff who are attuned to the needs of patients, ensuring that top-quality mental healthcare is delivered. Compassion and understanding guide staff interactions with patients and their families. The center is sensitive to individual needs and actively collaborates with community and governmental resources to enhance the support provided to those in need.
Specialized Staff Providing Excellent Patient Care
Community Behavioral Health Center employs a diverse team, including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, hospitalists, registered nurses, mental health workers, psychotherapists, recreational therapists, case managers and support staff.
All team members collaborate to support each patient's care plan until discharge and coordinate discharge planning with families, outpatient providers and community agencies.
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Understanding Our Patient Care Process
Community Behavioral Health Center features four units providing tailored levels of care for patients with primary psychiatric diagnoses. The center can treat dual diagnosis patients, as long as their care needs primarily relate to psychiatric symptoms.
Assessment of a patient can be done on site or at one of the following facilities:
- Community Regional Medical Center
- Clovis Community Medical Center
- Exodus Crisis Stabilization Unit
- Saint Agnes Medical Center Emergency Department
- Kaiser Permanente Emergency Department
If accepted, a patient can be transferred to Community Behavioral Health Center for psychiatric care after they are determined to be medically stable.
- Psychiatric Assessments-Voluntary and involuntary assessments are completed on site
- Recreation Therapy
- Group and Individual Therapy
- Medication Management
- Milieu Management
- Other treatment modalities
Walk-in requests for evaluation are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. An assessment will be provided to evaluate the need for 5150 hold (a temporary, involuntary hold for those who present a danger to themselves or others), inpatient admission or outpatient referral. An inpatient admission to the facility will be based upon meeting criteria and current hospital capacity. Transfers are also accepted from other hospitals in the area.
Visiting hours are every night from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Patients must list each visitor by name or staff will not confirm or deny if the patient is here and visitors will be turned away.
Visitors must provide government or school issued picture identification to be allowed inside the facility to visit the patient. Children under the age of 14 are not allowed to visit patient units, but special visiting times can be arranged through the patient's physician. Visitors may not bring any items onto the patient care units outside of their car keys and a wallet holding their identification. Visitors will be wanded by security before entry, and any items brought for patients must be checked by staff for appropriateness before being given to the patient.
- Dependent
- Non-ambulatory*
- Under the age of 18
- Medically unstable
- Requiring acute medical care
- Chemically dependent**
* non-ambulatory patients that are able to transfer themselves may be admitted
** chemically unstable patients are not treated at Community Behavioral Health Center.
Every three years, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations inspects participating hospitals to gauge the quality of care given. Community's psychiatric care services are currently accredited.
Patient Stories
Bridging the gap between medical and mental healthcare
Community Behavioral Health Center continues the care started in the emergency departments for patients having a mental health crisis.
RN of the Year Nominee Jamie Shively
For one nurse, personal experiences are what made her want to help the mental health community.
We sat down to meet one of this year's RN of the Year Nominees: Jamie Shively, clinical nurse educator with Community Behavioral Health Center.
We sat down to meet one of this year's RN of the Year Nominees: Jamie Shively, clinical nurse educator with Community Behavioral Health Center.
Early intervention, support important for treating mental disorders
In Fresno County, nearly 17% of adults likely have serious psychological distress and 53% may need or are already accessing behavioral health services.
Bipolar disorder vs. borderline personality disorder
Dr. Lilianna Yuen with Community Behavioral Health Center explains the differences between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder, and why they're sometimes confused.
Understanding Personality Disorders
Dr. Liliana Yuen, psychiatry specialist with the Community Behavioral Health Center, provides an overview to the most mood and personality disorders that patients face in the Valley.
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