Gainesville, FL 32606
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UF Health Psychiatric Hospital is located on a private, picturesque, 18-acre campus that offers comfort and serenity to people in crisis. Our 81-bed facility provides a full range of confidential, effective services.
Please call (352) 265-5481 for questions regarding visitation hours.
UF Health Psychiatric Hospital consists of a child/adolescent unit, an adult inpatient addiction unit, two adult inpatient psychiatric units and a geriatric psychiatry unit. Inpatient care in our units focuses on providing a safe, highly supervised setting for effective treatment. After an initial patient assessment, a multidisciplinary treatment team of UF Health physicians and clinicians will determine the best level of care and formulate an individualized treatment plan for each patient. The treatment plan identifies problems, interventions and goals designed to facilitate the patient’s return to the community, or to the least restrictive environment possible after discharge.
Patients are included in the development of treatment plans to guide their recovery. Treatment usually consists of medication, group therapy and case management. Because UF Health Psychiatric Hospital programs often hinge on stabilization, treatment is short-term and highly focused. The goals of inpatient treatment are to stabilize the patient in crisis and address issues that immediately resulted in the need for inpatient care so the patient can function safely and with less distress outside of the hospital.
Services at the UF Health Psychiatric Hospital include inpatient treatment for:
The Marchman Act is a Florida law that enables families and loved ones to provide emergency substance abuse services and temporary detention for people who are impaired because of their substance abuse and who are unable to determine their needs for treatment. People who require the use of the Marchman Act have often lost the power of self-control and they are likely to inflict harm to themselves or others.
The Baker Act is a Florida law that enables families and loved ones to provide emergency mental health services and temporary detention for people who are impaired because of their mental illness and who are unable to determine their needs for treatment. Read more about the Baker Act process.
Several UF Health hospitals and programs have “magnet” designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center: UF Health Shands Hospital, UF Health Shands HomeCare, UF Health Florida Surgical Center, UF Health Psychiatric Hospital, UF Health Shands Rehab Hospital and UF Health Dialysis Center. The nursing profession’s most prestigious honor, “magnet” status is achieved by less than 1% of the nation’s acute care hospitals.
UF Health Psychiatric Hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission standards are the basis of an objective evaluation process that can help health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. The standards focus on important patient, individual or resident care, and organization functions that are essential to providing safe, high-quality care. The Joint Commission’s leading-edge standards set expectations for organization performance that are reasonable, achievable and surveyable.
Aids and services are available to help people with disabilities communicate effectively.
Many of UF Health's properties have various branch ATMs and/or branch offices.
Baby-changing stations are available in many of UF Health's restrooms.
Options include Opus Coffee and Starbucks in the hospital atriums.
Patients and guests get free wireless internet access at UF Health hospitals.
The Garden of Hope, Sun Terrace, and other spaces help patients and families relax.
Gender-neutral, public restrooms are located throughout UF Health's properties.
The Gift Stops offer a wide variety of gifts and products for patients and families.
UF Health provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English.
Smoking, chewing tobacco, or using electronic cigarettes is prohibited on UF Health properties.
Social workers are part of the patient's care team and work with medical staff and nurses.
Al Anon Family Groups have one primary purpose: to help families and friends of alcoholics. However, Al Anons 2018 Membership Survey reported that…