Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (Elmhs)

the mission of elmhs is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation and consultation for adults. programs provided include inpatient acute interventions, jail based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric are a coordination with the total system of care in louisiana. maintained within elmhs are over 550 licensed inpatient psychiatric beds, affiliated community residential settings and outpatient services. elmhs is a part of the louisiana department of health and hospitals, office of behavioral health. the system is accredited by the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organization (jcaho) and certified by the centers for medicare/medicaid services (cms). elmhs operates under two distinct licenses and collaborates with other state and licensed agencies to provide safe, quality care to referred patients from the entire state. elmhs is unique i