Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital (HPH) is an acute care psychiatric inpatient facility located in Anderson, South Carolina.  It is the only public psychiatric inpatient facility located in the Upstate and serves 13 counties providing short-term, intensive psychiatric diagnostic and treatment services on an involuntary inpatient basis.

• HPH is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and licensed by the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

Contact HPH

130 Highway 252
Anderson, SC 29621
864-231-2600

What to Expect

Admission Process

The admission process begins with an assessment by clinicians working with the local community mental health center or hospital emergency rooms and a screening by a Harris physician to determine a person’s level of danger to self or others due to a mental disorder. Patients are admitted for acute care and stabilization on an emergency basis. Patrick B. Harris serves patients ages 18 and older.

Discharge Process

Patients are typically discharged one of two ways, either by their treating physician and/or treatment team, or by Order of the Court.  Patients and their treatment teams work on discharge plans and their timing.  A transition specialist and the patient’s social worker coordinate aftercare needs to ensure the patient’s success and stability after release from the hospital.  Additionally, some patients may be ordered by the probate court to participate in outpatient mental health treatment following discharge at a local mental health facility for a specified period of time.

Aftercare

The HPH Social Work department, along with the BHDD Mental Health Transitions Program, patient, and family work to coordinate a local Mental Health Center follow up appointment within 5 days of discharge, along with other wraparound services in the community, if appropriate.