Social workers become involved and psychiatric services can be ordered.
One example was the threat to cut back psychiatric services.
Bellevue moved its psychiatric services into another building about 15 years ago.
Attempted suicide continues to present a very challenging problem for medical and psychiatric services.
These sources confirmed that most patients were cared for within psychiatric services.
In some cases the psychiatric service did not admit people to hospital early enough.
The psychiatric services still have a role to play.
The hospital also offers 24-hour emergency care and psychiatric inpatient services.
"We help them get hooked up with medical and psychiatric services," she said.
It's a term used by a friend of mine, who works in secure psychiatric services, for precisely that reason.