HOSPITALS

The Family Resource Counseling Center prides itself on being a resource in the West Los Angeles area providing psychological services to meet the needs of their clients and families. Adjacent to Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, it is a private practice therapy office that provides services for infants, children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. A variety of educational and support groups are also offered for parents and adolescents by our competent staff of psychologists and therapists. Other services include testing and assessments. An onsite psychiatrist is available by appointment. Please look at our entire web site for more information about our comprehensive list of psychotherapeutic services. If you would like more information regarding hospitals, we have provided below some on-line resources for your convenience.

Hospitals provide diagnosis and medical treatment for physical as well as mental conditions. As medical institutions, they provide inpatient care to people who require close medical monitoring. Additionally, their outpatient care is for people needing treatment without constant medical attention. Most hospitals offer a wide range of services and programs to maintain and enhance mental health in the community. Patients receive mental health evaluations, treatment, and rehabilitation services in an inpatient, partial hospitalization, or outpatient setting.

Inpatient services: Offering a secure environment where referred individuals can recover from symptoms of depression, anxiety, mood instability, thoughts of suicide, and / or psychosis. Inpatient programs evaluate and treat acute mental health problems with the final goal of restoring patients to their optimal level of functioning in the shortest time possible. The Surgeon General describes inpatient units as short-term intensive settings to contain and resolve crises that cannot be resolved in the community. The priorities of psychiatric hospitalization focus on ameliorating the risk of danger to self or others in those circumstances in which dangerous behavior is associated with mental disorders. For this reason, hospitalized patients are commonly suicidal, homicidal, or decompensating (experiencing the rapid return of severe symptoms) to the degree that they cannot care for themselves or respond to community-based services. Inpatient services therefore emphasize safety measures, crisis intervention, acute medication, reevaluation of ongoing medications, and (re)establishing the client’s links to other supports and services (Sederer & Dickey, 1997).

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Brotman Medical Center
3828 Delmas Terrace
Culver City, CA90231
(310) 836-7000

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 855-5000

Century City Hospital
2070 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 553-6211

Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital
4650 Lincoln Boulevard
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 823-8911

Saint John's Hospital and Health Center
1328 22nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 829-5511

Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center
1250 16th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 319-4000

UCLA Medical Center
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 825-9111
24-hour information

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 825-0511