Services
Adult Inpatient Services
Learn to cope with and adapt to life’s difficult situations
Mental illness is a health concern that can affect anyone. For over 30 years, Adventist Health Vallejo has served residents of the Bay Area and beyond with compassionate mental and behavioral health solutions. Our inpatient behavioral health services program is designed to help adults who are experiencing symptoms bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, suicidal thoughts, and other emotional, psychiatric and behavioral problems. Our inpatient unit offers a safe, nonjudgmental environment where care is delivered with compassion and respect.
Services we provide
Each patient is unique, which is why upon intake, we perform an assessment to learn more about how to offer the best help possible. After that, a personalized treatment plan is created. Activities for treatment can include:
An approach to care rooted in compassion and quality
At Adventist Health Vallejo, our goal is not to restrict patients but rather to help them exercise healthy boundaries and journey toward a healthier present and future. Through psychoeducational training and focused activities, we help people develop skills to manage their acute symptoms and begin the healing process.
Comprehensive care and a multidisciplinary team
Inpatient mental health services staff includes psychiatrists, registered nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and other mental health specialists. Our patient-satisfaction surveys consistently include positive feedback about our dedicated, compassionate professionals.
Our team draws from a wide range of therapies and techniques to create a treatment program that meets each person’s individual needs, including:
- Individual, group, and family therapy
- Symptom management and coping skills development
- Activity and occupational therapy
- Stress management and relaxation techniques
- Medications and medical stabilization
Family support and discharge planning
With a team of psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and other specialists at your side, you have a complete support network to help you regain mental health. Following treatment, it is important to have the help of your family.
For this reason, patients being discharged will be given recommendations on a continued treatment plan as well as how their families can help them succeed. Our case workers will take steps to make sure you receive follow-up contacts.
Program admission
If you or someone you know is experiencing a psychiatric emergency, it’s critical to get expert help as soon as possible. Adults are most often admitted to the inpatient program after referral by their doctor or therapist or following an assessment in the emergency room. Occasionally, patients are transferred to us from other facilities.
About inpatient stays due to psychiatric holds
When a family member or friend is behaving dangerously or inappropriately due to uncontrolled mental illness, ensuring the safety of your loved one and others is a top priority.
There are a few types of psychiatric holds that are only used under certain circumstances that can help your loved one get the help they need, including:
- 72-hour hold (5150): A legal document that authorizes holding people against their will for evaluation and treatment of mental health conditions if they pose a danger to themselves or others or are gravely disabled.
- 14-day hold (5250): Patients may be held longer than 72 hours if the psychiatrist believes they need continued treatment and are unwilling to stay voluntarily. The 14-day hold can be discontinued by a psychiatrist before 14 days if the person agrees to stay voluntarily or is no longer in an acute crisis.
- Certification review hearing: A hearing that’s conducted by a court-appointed hearing officer to determine whether someone needs to continue hospital treatment or can be released from the hold and discharged. Patients are represented by a patients’ right advocate.
- Temporary conservatorship: When someone needs long-term treatment, a psychiatrist can request a temporary conservatorship for 30 days for being gravely disabled. If the request is approved, the county appoints a conservator who’ll be responsible for the person’s living arrangements, financial and legal matters, and medical and mental health treatment.