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Psychiatric hospitals in California

When residential is not enough.

Hospitals and psychiatric health facilities provide short, locked, 24-hour acute care. Most people arrive through an emergency room or crisis team, then step down to residential or a day program.

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Hospitals
Freestanding psychiatric hospitals licensed by Public Health. General hospitals' psychiatric units are not listed separately.
PHFs
Smaller acute units licensed by Health Care Services.
Stay
Days to a few weeks.
Get in
Emergency room, crisis team, or hospital transfer.
80programs
11,611beds or places listed
32of 58 counties
19in Los Angeles County, the most

Getting in

What to know before you call.

Before discharge, ask for

  • A written safety plan.
  • A first outpatient appointment within 7 days.
  • A referral to crisis or adult residential if home is not safe yet.

State hospitals

The five Department of State Hospitals sites take court-ordered and county placements only. They are marked.

Your rights

A person held involuntarily has rights to a hearing and an advocate. Ask the hospital for the patients' rights advocate.

The directory

Every psychiatric hospitals program in California.

80 of 80 · 11,611 beds

  • Psychiatric hospitalFremont, Alameda County148 beds(510) 796-1100Website

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilityOakland, Alameda County26 beds(510) 535-5115Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilitySan Leanro, Alameda County16 beds(510) 895-5502Website
    Co-Ed/Children

  • Butte County Behavioral Health

    Psychiatric health facilityChico, Butte County16 beds(530) 891-2775
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Psychiatric hospitalConcord, Contra Costa County73 beds(925) 947-3352

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilityPlacerville, El Dorado County16 beds(530) 621-6213Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc.

    Psychiatric health facilityFresno, Fresno County16 beds(559) 600-2382
    Co-Ed/Children

  • Psychiatric hospitalCoalinga, Fresno County1500 beds(559) 935-4300
    Court or county placement only

  • Exodus Recovery, Inc.

    Psychiatric health facilityFresno, Fresno County16 beds(559) 600-7180Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Humboldt County Mental Health

    Psychiatric health facilityEureka, Humboldt County16 beds(707) 445-7710
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Psychiatric hospitalBakersfield, Kern County90 beds(661) 241-5506

  • Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.

    Psychiatric health facilityBakersfield, Kern County16 beds(661) 363-8127Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilityBakersfield, Kern County16 bedsReferral (800) 991-5272Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilityBakersfield, Kern County16 bedsReferral (800) 991-5272Website
    Adolescent

  • Psychiatric hospitalCovina, Los Angeles County134 beds(626) 966-1632

  • Psychiatric hospitalPasadena, Los Angeles County118 beds(626) 795-9901

  • Psychiatric hospitalRosemead, Los Angeles County97 beds(626) 286-1191

  • Psychiatric hospitalCerritos, Los Angeles County187 beds(562) 924-9581

  • Psychiatric hospitalTorrance, Los Angeles County166 beds(310) 784-2201

  • Psychiatric hospitalNorwalk, Los Angeles County1106 beds(562) 677-5724
    Court or county placement only

  • Exodus Recovery, Inc.

    Psychiatric health facilityCulver City, Los Angeles County16 beds(310) 237-0454Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Psychiatric hospitalLos Angeles, Los Angeles County55 beds(323) 644-2000

  • Psychiatric hospitalGlendora, Los Angeles County63 beds(626) 852-5054

  • Psychiatric hospitalReseda, Los Angeles County105 beds
    Part of a geriatric or nursing campus

  • Psychiatric hospitalReseda, Los Angeles County249 beds(818) 774-3069
    Part of a geriatric or nursing campus

  • Psychiatric hospitalLos Angeles, Los Angeles County72 beds(323) 233-0425

  • Telecare Corporation

    Psychiatric health facilityLong Beach, Los Angeles County16 beds(562) 630-8672Website
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Psychiatric hospitalWoodland Hills, Los Angeles County122 beds(818) 876-1042

  • Collaborative Neuroscience Network, Inc.

    Psychiatric health facilityLong Beach, Los Angeles County37 beds(562) 304-1740
    Co-Ed/Adult

  • Psychiatric hospitalLos Angeles, Los Angeles County74 beds(310) 267-9092

The numbers · state data as of 1 October 2026

Where the beds are.

Programs by county, top 10Psychiatric hospitals · CDPH facility listing; DHCS MHRC/PHF list · retrieved 1 Oct 2026
19864333322LosAngelesSacramentoSan DiegoKernAlamedaFresnoRiversideSantaClaraSanBernardinoSanFrancisco
  1. Los Angeles County: 19 programs
  2. Sacramento County: 8 programs
  3. San Diego County: 6 programs
  4. Kern County: 4 programs
  5. Alameda County: 3 programs
  6. Fresno County: 3 programs
  7. Riverside County: 3 programs
  8. Santa Clara County: 3 programs
  9. San Bernardino County: 2 programs
  10. San Francisco County: 2 programs
By kind of program
KindProgramsBeds listed
Acute psychiatric hospital4210,930
Psychiatric health facility38681

26 of 58 counties have none. In the directory above, tick “Include neighboring counties” to see what is nearby.

Questions people ask

Psychiatric hospitals, answered.

What is the difference between a psychiatric hospital and a psychiatric health facility?

Both provide short, locked, 24-hour acute care. Psychiatric hospitals here are freestanding hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health; psychiatric health facilities are smaller units licensed by the Department of Health Care Services.

How do people get admitted?

Usually through an emergency room, a crisis team, or a transfer from another hospital.

Are general hospitals with psychiatric units included?

No. They are licensed as general hospitals and are not listed separately here.

What are the state hospitals?

The five Department of State Hospitals sites take court-ordered and county placements only. They are marked in the list.

What should happen at discharge?

A written safety plan, a first outpatient appointment within about a week, and a referral to crisis or adult residential care if home is not safe yet.

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A few weeks in a house, instead of a hospital.

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