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 Serves clients who are referred for
psychiatric evaluation and treatment
from various components
of the state's criminal justice and corrections systems. While the
program's inpatient units have greater security measures than are found
on general psychiatric units, the client treatment services are carried
out in accordance with the same professional care standards that apply to
general psychiatric (non-forensic) units.
Is comprised of secure forensic units
and maximum secure forensic units. The Forensic Services Program
operates the only maximum secure forensic facility in the state. The
program's current total number of operating beds is 192. During FY2006
which ended on June 30, 2006, the program received an average of 15 admissions
per month.
Serves the following individuals:
those who are committed to CSH by the criminal justice system from
throughout the state for
pre-trial psychiatric evaluation and/or inpatient
treatment;
those who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) at the
time of
commission of a crime or mentally incompetent to stand trial
(IST);
those who are admitted with hold orders from jails for psychiatric
evaluation, treatment
and stabilization; and
those who are referred from Georgia Department of Corrections prisons for
inpatient
psychiatric treatment.
Conducts court-ordered pre-trial evaluations
on an outpatient basis in jails.
Is fully accredited by the JCAHO.
On October 9,
2004, a new $17.8 million forensic services building was dedicated. The
building is named for Payton B. Cook, who came to work at CSH in 1963 and
retired in 1996. He was one of the first African Americans to integrate
the professional ranks at the hospital and in 1979 he became the first
African American chief at the hospital. The new modern building
provides state-of-the-art physical facilities and a much-improved
functional, therapeutic environment for forensic clients and staff. The
building has the physical capacity to accommodate 192 beds. |
