Crisis Services

Since 1993, South Lane Mental Health has contracted with Cottage Grove Community Hospital to provide emergency room response for individuals experiencing psychiatric crises.

We assess the individual's condition, make recommendations to hospital staff, and note whether transfer to Sacred Heart Hospital or another area psychiatric unit is needed. The combination of crisis counseling, medications, and immediate access to treatment through South Lane Mental Health’s outpatient counseling program has diverted many people in crisis from in-patient hospitalization to community-based treatment.