Scranton Counseling Center Opens Crisis Unit

Scranton Counseling Center opened a Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Unit (CRSU) to serve Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties in central Pennsylvania. The unit provides adults age 18 and older with a 24-hour walk-in crisis unit that has eight beds for 23-hour crisis care. Stays can last up to 72 hours for mental health and addiction treatment. The new crisis unit opened January 5, 2024.

The CRSU can serve individuals with depression, anxiety, acute psychosis, substance use, or suicidal and homicidal ideations as long as they are not a risk to themselves or others. The unit is intended to . . .