Willow Rock Psychiatric Health Facility

Program Description: Willow Rock Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF – Including Dispensing Medication), Crisis Stabilization (CSU) and Outpatient Services. The Willow Rock facility serves youth ages 12-17 from Alameda County who need acute/crisis mental health services. Willow Rock Center includes a 23-hour crisis stabilization unit and an acute in-patient psychiatric health facility.

Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT)

Program Description: The Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) is program of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. BERT clinicians provide crisis assessments for children and adolescents under the age of 18 who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency. These brief crisis assessments are conducted in the Emergency Department and are intended to provide stabilization, determine level of risk and whether further more intensive psychiatric services are needed by transferring to a different facility to ensure your child’s safety. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is a contracted behavioral health provider with ACBH.