Emergency and Crisis Services are available for people who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, and/or developmental disability, are in acute distress, and need immediate help.
Services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and include:
- Walk-in emergency psychiatric services at the Sharon Bulova Center for Community Health (8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Lower Level, Fairfax), 703-573-5679, TTY 711. Learn more about what happens when you come to CSB Emergency Services.
- Mobile Crisis Units that respond to crises throughout the community, 703-573-5679, TTY 711.
- Wellness Circle Crisis Stabilization Unit – Crisis stabilization services, an alternative to hospitalization for adults who are experiencing psychiatric crisis and/or need safe withdrawal from substances. Wellness Circle provides a structured, compassionate and therapeutic environment with 24-hour supervised support that will empower each individual to return safely and successfully to the community.
- Fairfax Detoxification Center – Short-term residential program for adults who need help to safely detoxify from the effects of drugs and/or alcohol. Call 703-502-7000, TTY 703-322-9080 (4213 Walney Road, Chantilly).
- Diversion to Detox – A mobile team of CSB staff which responds to police and community requests to intervene at the scene of a potential arrest to refer the individual instead to detoxification services. Available from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily. Call 703-502-7000, TTY 703-322-9080 or find out more about eligibility for Detox Diversion).
Additional crisis services for Northern Virginia residents:
- Regional, Education, Assessment, Crisis Services, Habilitation (REACH) – Provides in-home and community-based crisis assistance services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to improve the quality of life and decrease facility placements and/or inpatient hospitalization.