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
Eastern State Hospital cares for adult psychiatric inpatients on our campus in Medical Lake, Wash., which is located 15 miles west of downtown Spokane. We opened in 1891, and ever since then the hospital has played a vital role in helping generations of Washington state residents receive evaluation and inpatient therapy and treatment for mental illness.
Eastern State Hospital is a 375-bed in-patient psychiatric hospital serving adults and is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Joint Commission supports quality improvement and patient safety in health care.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving patients’ health.
ESH is one of two state-operated psychiatric hospitals for adults in the state of Washington and primarily serves patients from eastern counties. Western State Hospital, the other state-operated psychiatric hospital for adults, primarily serves people from western Washington.
In a crisis? Know your local support options
It is important to know that if you believe you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis that Eastern State Hospital is not a designated crisis responder – or in other words, the first resource to pursue. If you or someone you know needs help, Frontier Behavioral Health is the most comprehensive designated crisis response in Spokane County. In neighboring Stevens County, the designated crisis responder is New Alliance Counseling Services.
- 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
Other immediate Spokane-area resources include:
Unlike patients at those hospitals who may voluntarily seek help, patients at Eastern State Hospital are involuntarily detained either through a court order or from medical professionals serving at a designated crisis responder or hospital.