For Immediate Help:
- For a life-threatening emergency, call 911
- For Suicide Prevention: 988 (TTY Users dial 711 then 988)
- For 24-hour crisis counseling and referrals: Washington Recovery Help Line in your area
Olympic Heritage Behavioral Health, located in Tukwila, is a facility acquired in 2023 by DSHS to serve people in state psychiatric care. We are a 72-bed in-patient psychiatric hospital serving adults. This property is named for the nearby Olympic National Park, a serene and flourishing environment for thousands of diverse species. Olympic Heritage sits within King County, the most populous county in Washington state. Opening this facility as a BHHA treatment center is part of fulfilling the state’s commitment to provide space and care for people awaiting behavioral health treatment.
It is important to know that if you believe you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis that OHBH is not designated crisis responder, or in other words, the first resource to pursue.
In King County, King County Crisis and Commitment Services serves as the county’s designated crisis responder.
- In the event of an immediate emergency, call: 911, or the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number: 988. For 24-hour crisis counseling and referrals: Washington Recovery Help Line in your area
Unlike patients at those hospitals who may voluntarily seek help, patients at OHBH have been involuntarily detained either through a court order or from medical professionals serving at a designated crisis responder or hospital.
Our patients
Olympic Heritage treats civilly committed patients and other populations served by DSHS. Civil patients have been committed to treatment by the court system and referred to state psychiatric care for treatment and rehabilitation. State treatment facilities prepare civil patients for eventual discharge back into our communities.
Our program
Patients at Olympic Heritage Behavioral Health are in a secure environment with trained staff collaborating on their treatment needs. Treatment teams work together to develop individualized resources and care plans for each patient. These multidisciplinary teams include staff from psychiatry, pharmacy, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation, and social work.
Olympic Heritage patients receive a wide range of mental health care consisting of evidence-based practices, group treatment, recreation, and activities to help manage symptoms of mental health issues.
No services are provided for people who are not living at the facility. This is a closed campus with no public restrooms, shelter services, or behavioral health services that can be accessed by the public. This is a controlled secure environment serving people committed or adjudicated to DSHS’s care and custody to provide inpatient treatment. Visitors are limited to friends and family and must be scheduled.
Any planned trips off campus by patients include trained staff members as escorts. Offsite trips might consist of trips to the local hospital, medical appointments, or housing appointments in preparation for a patient’s discharge.
Question or comment?
Send us an email OHBH.Communications@dshs.wa.gov.