A man with curly brown hair and a stethoscope around his neck, wearing a white doctor coat, leaning over a patient, looking at papers on a desk in a clinical setting with natural light from a window.

Psychiatric Consult Services

Our psychiatric consult services provide hospitals and health systems with on-demand access to experienced psychiatric expertise, helping your teams manage complex behavioral health presentations, reduce unnecessary admissions, and improve outcomes across departments. Whether your facility needs consultation-liaison support, emergency psychiatric coverage, or ongoing collaborative care, we deliver flexible, high-quality psychiatric services tailored to your organization's needs.

When Hospitals Partner With Us

Hospitals and health systems seek our psychiatric consult services when they are:

Experiencing gaps in psychiatric coverage due to staffing shortages, provider turnover, or growing patient volume
Managing high rates of behavioral health presentations in the emergency department without dedicated psychiatric support
Seeking consultation-liaison services to support medical and surgical teams caring for patients with co-occurring psychiatric conditions
Looking to reduce psychiatric boarding times, avoidable readmissions, and extended lengths of stay
Needing expert guidance on complex cases involving treatment-resistant illness, diagnostic uncertainty, or high-risk patients
Aiming to meet regulatory, accreditation, or quality benchmarks related to behavioral health screening and intervention
Interested in building or strengthening an integrated behavioral health program without the overhead of a full-time hire

If your organization is navigating any of these challenges, we are ready to help close the gap.

What We Bring to Your Organization

Our consulting psychiatrist provides:

Consultation-liaison psychiatry — bedside and telehealth consultations for medical, surgical, and ICU teams managing patients with psychiatric comorbidities, delirium, capacity questions, agitation, and psychosomatic presentations
Emergency department support — timely psychiatric evaluations to assist with risk stratification, disposition planning, and diversion from unnecessary inpatient psychiatric admissions
Medication management guidance — expert recommendations on psychotropic prescribing, drug interactions, and safe medication use in medically complex patients
Diagnostic clarification — focused evaluations to distinguish between overlapping presentations such as delirium vs. dementia, bipolar disorder vs. personality disorders, or substance-induced vs. primary psychiatric conditions
Staff education and support — case-based teaching, de-escalation training, and clinical guidance to empower your nursing, medical, and social work teams
Discharge planning collaboration — coordination with inpatient teams, outpatient providers, and community resources to ensure safe transitions and reduce bounce-backs

Getting Started

Interior of a modern office space with beige chairs, a dark wooden desk, framed certificates on the wall, a potted plant, and decorative rugs on a concrete floor with an exposed ceiling.

We learn about your facility's current challenges, patient population, and coverage needs
We design a service model and coverage plan tailored to your organization, including scope, schedule, and reporting structure
We credential, orient, and embed within your teams quickly so you see results fast
Regular performance reviews, open communication, and the flexibility to adjust as your organization's needs change.

We are not just filling a coverage gap, we are building a partnership that strengthens your organization's capacity to deliver excellent patient care.

interested in a partnership?

Expert-Driven Care

Specialized Psychiatric Expertise, Built for Facility Partnerships

At Santana Mental Health, we provide experienced psychiatric professionals who can support hospitals, treatment programs, medical facilities, and community organizations with dependable consultative care.

Our team includes double- and triple-board-certified psychiatrists and experienced psychiatric nurse practitioners with expertise in child, adolescent, adult, and addiction psychiatry. We are equipped to manage routine consultations, complex diagnostic presentations, medication recommendations, behavioral decompensation, substance use concerns, and transitions between levels of care.