New Horizons CSB provides emergency services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.  Emergency Services may be accessed by calling 706-323-0174 or 1-800-241-3659.  Emergency Services staff members provide consultations to local Emergency Rooms at the request of ER staff, and provide liaison services to local psychiatric inpatient units.

Admissions Criteria:

	Over 18 years of age
	Meets DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for a mental disorder
	Psychiatric symptoms require and will respond to therapeutic intervention
	The consumer and/or support system exhibit the capacity to make desired behavioral changes
	The consumer demonstrates a need for treatment to maintain functioning in the community, to prevent movement toward a higher, more intensive level of care

Exclusions Criteria:

	Under 18 years of age
	No evidence of mental health symptoms
	Does not require a greater or lesser level of intensity of care

Services

	Screening and Assessment
	Crisis Intervention (24 hour)
	Service Coordination
	Nursing Assessment