Bayview Crisis Stabilization Unit
Providing Psychiatric Services for the Most Vulnerable
Trauma-Informed – Safe and Supportive – Culturally Competent
The Bayview Crisis Stabilization Unit provides hospital-based emergency behavioral health services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year for individuals 18 years old and older who require a timely response to psychiatric emergencies to prevent decompensation and increase wellbeing.
For further information, contact us at (619) 585-4221
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis please call 911, or call the Access and Crisis Line-Optum San Diego at (888) 724-7240, or dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Our services include:
- Behavioral Health Urgent Care (Stay up to 24 hours)
- CSU accepts PERT referrals
- Transportation upon completion of treatment and upon time of discharge
- Meals and snacks
- Shower room
- Emergency medication refills and medication support with a psychiatrist
- Psychiatric assessment
- Behavioral health assessment
- Inpatient referrals
- Case management referrals
- Crisis house referrals
- Substance use treatment referrals
- On-going care coordination including linkages to behavioral health services
- Translation services available for over 200 languages including ASL
Walk-ins welcome!
Bayview Crisis Stabilization can provide emergency support for:
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Emotional regulation
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Trauma
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PTSD
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Stress management
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Grief and loss
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Self-harming behaviors
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Suicidal ideation
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Life transitions
Paradise Valley Hospital’s Bayview Crisis Stabilization Unit is a contracted program funded by the county of San Diego.
Contact Us
Sokia Shehee, LCSW
Director
William Carter Torres
Manager
Jasmine Tavarez
Marketing & Outreach Coordinator
The Crisis Stabilization Unit is located on the Bayview Behavioral Health Campus at 330 Moss Street in Chula Vista, and they can be reached by calling (619) 585-4221. Director Sokia Shehee can be reached at SShehee@PrimeHealthcare.com, and Assistant Program Manager William Carter Torres can be contacted at WCarterTorres@PrimeHealthcare.com.
If you would like to schedule a site tour, or are interested in a CSU program presentation, or would like to collaborate with the CSU please contact our Marketing & Outreach Coordinator Jasmine Tavarez, BA, at JTavarez@PrimeHealthcare.com.