El Cajon is getting East County’s first stand-alone mental health crisis unit
Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, as seen on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Leaders gathered at what was once a county assessor’s office Thursday to break ground on East County’s first stand-alone crisis stabilization unit designed to provide up to 24 hours of respite for those with urgent mental health care needs.
The key feature of crisis-stabilization centers is their ability to divert patients, often picked up on “5150” holds, from the region’s busy emergency departments where they would otherwise be taken for evaluation. These holds are often performed by law enforcement officers when a person is thought to possibly be a danger to themselves or others or gravely disabled.
Supervisor Joel Anderson said during Thursday’s ground-breaking event that the El Cajon unit is expected to relieve pressure on the very-busy emergency department of Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa.
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