Palomar Health to construct crisis stabilization unit

ESCONDIDO – Palomar Health, an Escondido, California-based health care district, and RAD Technology Medical Systems, a design-build construction company specializing in patented modular building systems for the health care industry, recently announced plans to construct a standalone crisis stabilization unit on the Palomar Medical Center Escondido campus.

When completed, this unit will provide short-term care for patients experiencing an acute psychiatric or substance use crisis.

For the last 10 years, hospitalization for mental or substance use disorders has increased at a faster rate than an...