Acute Psychiatric patients sometimes have nowhere to go.  The psychiatric hospitals these days are limited in what they can do and while they have improved over the years, they remain an expensive option for most people.   Psychiatric Hospitals do take insurance, which is good and can help bare the financial cost of longterm psychiatric care.  If the psychiatric patient also has a substance abuse issue, then there are many drug rehabs in Orange County that can often handle acute psychiatric patients if they are med compliant.  Therein lies the dilemna.  An acute psychiatric patient, for example someone with severe bipolar disorder, psychosis, or dellusions/hallucinations, if they are med compliant are easy to treat, but if they are not med compliant in drug rehab then they are better suited for psychiatric hospitalization.  Sometimes it is better for them to be stabalized and get used to their meds before entering a drug rehab facility.  Other times, they may need long term psychiatric hospitalization.  Most drug rehabs in Orange County will be able to assess whether a client needs psychiatric hospitalization and help with the refferal.

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