The Need – Importance to the Community
Untreated mental illness has many consequences, leading to dividing families, self-harm, addiction, and suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people aged 15-24.
Unfortunately, mental illness is a social problem that often falls on law enforcement to resolve. Cuts in federal and local funding for inpatient psychiatric beds have contributed to the number of mentally ill consuming law enforcement’s time and impacting hospital emergency room beds. Each time an officer transports a mentally ill patient to a hospital and then waits for them to be treated, it takes them away from their primary duties related to protecting their community.
The Urgent Care Center:
- Is a diversion from overloaded emergency rooms
- Reduces hospitalizations
- Is a much-needed resource for adolescents considering suicide
- Supports law enforcement
- Saves countless hours of law enforcement’s time driving and waiting for these clients
- Will connect clients with housing and other services
- Increases community safety
Long Beach
3210 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90807
Long Beach Main Line
Phone: (562) 548-6565
Fax: (562) 685-0426
Long Beach Office Line
Phone: (562) 548-6500
Fax: (562) 683-2792
City of Industry
18501 Gale Avenue, Suite 100
City of Industry, CA 91748
Phone: (626) 626-4997
Fax: (626) 956-0963
High Desert
415 East Avenue ILancaster, CA 93535
Phone: (661) 522-6770
Fax: (661) 723-9079
Have questions about the BHUCC?
Contact one of our helpful staff:
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*If you are experiencing a crisis, please call 911.
BHUCC
Phone: (562) 548-6565 / Fax: (562) 685-0426
Office
Phone: (562) 548-6500 / Fax: (562) 683-2792
*If you are experiencing a crisis, please call 911.
BHUCC Long Beach | BHUCC City of Industry | BHUCC High Desert | Stars Behavioral Health Group
*According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Names and photos have been changed to protect clients.
