Discharge Planning

Connects adults discharged from the state psychiatric hospital to community mental health services and stable housing, and prevents their rapid readmission to the state hospital.
- Discharge planning is a state-mandated service for individuals hospitalized at all state psychiatric hospitals including Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute (NVMHI) in Falls Church.
- Services include assessment of client needs and placement in appropriate clinical and residential services upon discharge. Services begin upon admission to the hospital.
- Caseloads include clients who have been involuntarily committed to the hospital, enter voluntarily, are not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI), or are transfers from other state hospitals.
- Some clients served are on the Extraordinary Barriers List (EBL), a list of patients at every state psychiatric hospital who are determined to be ready for discharge and who have ?extraordinary barriers? preventing their discharge such as significant behavioral challenges, need for nursing-home placement, or legal issues.

Services are automatically provided for individuals hospitalized at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute

703-228-5150

Mark Doering

Adult; Senior

Services are automatically provided to for individuals hospitalized at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Serves Arlington residents and transient individuals.

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