Central Regional Hospital (CRH), located in Butner, provides inpatient psychiatric services to adult North Carolinians who cannot be served in the community because of the severity of their symptoms. Inpatient services include:
-Crisis stabilization (immediate help for a mental health emergency)
-Assessment
-Medical care
-Psychiatric treatment
-Patient advocacy
-Social work services including counseling, discharge planning and links to the community
Central Regional Hospital also operates the statewide Maximum and Medium Security Forensic Units (services for individuals who are involved in both the mental health and criminal justice systems) and the Pre-Trial Evaluation Unit that conducts forensic evaluations to determine if individuals are capable to proceed to trial on the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh, NC.