Saint Elizabeths Hospital is the District’s public psychiatric facility for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who need intensive inpatient care to support their recovery. Saint Elizabeths also provides mental health evaluations and care to patients committed by the courts. The Hospital develops a personalized treatment plan to help each patient achieve the highest quality mental health outcomes.
Mission:
At Saint Elizabeths Hospital, we strive to provide the highest quality, integrated mental health services to people with mental disorders who require psychiatric hospitalization and to facilitate their continuing recovery and return to the community. We also train students, health and mental health clinicians, and professionals who work with mental health consumers to provide compassionate and best care in future generations.
Our Vision:
The District of Columbia is a thriving community where prevention is possible and recovery from mental illness and substance use disorders is the expectation.
