Arizona State Hospital
The Arizona State Hospital (ASH) is located on a 93 acre campus at 24th Street and Van Buren, in Phoenix, Arizona. ASH provides long-term inpatient psychiatric care to Arizonans with mental illnesses who are under court order for treatment. The hospital operates programs within a 260-bed funded facility, is accredited by The Joint Commission, and the Civil Hospital is certified to receive reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-201 through 36-217, ASH provides inpatient care and treatment to patients with mental disorders, personality disorders or emotional conditions. ASH protects the rights and privileges of each patient, including the patients’ rights to confidentiality and privacy.
Treatment at ASH is considered “the highest and most restrictive” level of care in the state. Patients are admitted as a result of an inability to be treated in a community facility or due to their legal status. Hospital personnel provide state-of-the-art inpatient psychiatric care and are committed to treating patients and personnel with dignity and respect. Interdisciplinary care is delivered in collaboration with the patient, family, legal representatives and community providers with a focus on recovery and community reintegration.
Civil adult patients are involuntarily court ordered to ASH if they have not responded to a minimum of 25 days in a community hospital setting. The Civil Adult Rehabilitation Program (116 beds) consists of six (6) treatment units specializing in providing services to adults who are civilly committed as a danger to self, danger to others, gravely disabled and/or persistently and acutely disabled, who have completed a mandatory 25 days of treatment in a community inpatient setting prior to admission. Medical beds are also available.
Forensic patients are court-ordered for pre- or post-trial treatment as a result of involvement with the criminal justice system due to a mental health issue. The Forensic Adult Program (143 beds) consists of court-ordered commitments through a criminal process for either:
Pre-Trial Restoration to Competence Program (“RTC”): These patients are currently housed on one unit providing pre-trial evaluation, treatment, and restoration to competency to stand trial.
Post-Trial Forensic Program: These patients are adjudicated as Guilty Except Insane (“GEI”) serving determinate sentences under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), or for those adjudicated prior to 1994 as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity(“NGRI”). These patients are currently housed on six separate units.
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2500 East Van Buren Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
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