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I apologize, I don't believe my comment came out the way I meant it, but it's not important.

hmmm. so a "crisis counselor" who comes into the ER to intreview the patient is a social worker, or just an intake person for psych or something?

thanks so much to everyone, it helps a lot. what is "psych clinician" exactly, social worker?

Is it very common to have a patient with a psychiatric problem, severe depression/ptsd from child abuse, to be told to go to the ER (at a covering hospital) to be triaged and how is the decision made to admit patient to inpatient psych through the hospital vs outpatient programs? Can the patient request inpatient if they have insurance? I work for the state so have almost free insurance.