Crisis Clinic

Section Chief:  Ashok Shah, M.D.  
Sinai Grace Hospital

Clinical Overview
The Crisis Clinic serves as the psychiatry emergency room for Sinai Grace Hospital.  Acutely ill psychiatric patients are evaluated, treated and linked to providers for ongoing care.  Interaction with care providers occurs frequently. 

Patients are typically initially seen in an emergent walk in basis.  Follow up appointments are usually scheduled and provide a bridge to ongoing care.

Patient diagnoses cover a wide variety of DSM IV conditions. 

Treatment Team Composition
The Crisis Clinic utilizes attending physicians, resident physicians, nurses, and social workers in the treatment of patients.  Medical, nursing, and physician assistant students are often in attendance.
 

Education and Training
The Crisis Clinic serves as a training site for the Wayne State University (WSU) Medical School’s Year III clerkship in psychiatry.

WSU psychiatry residents can choose to rotate onto this unit as an elective. 

WSU family practice residents often rotate onto this service as part of their training regimen.

Nursing and physician assistant students from a variety of programs rotate onto this unit as part of their education.

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