The PEEC staff consists of physicians, residents, nurses, social workers, and crisis counselors. Pennsylvania Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry Unit serves the neighboring Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health Center, Crisis Response Center, and much of Center City and South Philadelphia. With dedicated emergency attending psychiatrists and a staff of skilled nurses and social workers, this high volume emergency setting provides evaluation, crisis intervention and stabilization services which are integrated the many programs of the mental health center. The Inpatient Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center offers a unique opportunity to intensively study and practice clinical psychiatry in an excellent learning environment. The Inpatient Service is comprised of an active, acute unit that provides comprehensive medical and psychiatric care to veterans with a broad range of neuropsychiatric and addictive disorders.
Medical education is a long-standing and primary component of the service mission.
Active learning for residents is achieved through an emphasis on autonomous patient care responsibility, balanced by direct supervision from full-time faculty dedicated to clinical research and education. The Presbyterian Inpatient Service is located at 39 th and Market streets. Each patient admitted to this secured unit focusing on dual diagnosis patients, is immediately evaluated by a mental health team to target problem areas and define a personalized treatment plan. Teams include a full-time psychiatrist, registered nurse, mental health technician, and social workers. Busy general adult, geriatric, eating disorder, adolescent, emergency evaluation and child programs are located on this beautiful historic campus with renowned azalea gardens in Northeast Philadelphia approximately 20 minutes from the University Campus.