The Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment Healing Unit (EmPATH)
In summer of 2024, McNabb opened the first Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing Unit (EmPATH) unit in the State of Tennessee. The goal of the EmPATH unit is to quickly and compassionately stabilize patients experiencing a behavioral health crisis and provide comprehensive transition and discharge planning. The unit provides individuals 18 years and older immediate access to psychiatry for evaluation and medication in a calm, supportive, trauma-informed, therapeutic environment. For a behavioral health crisis, EmPATH serves as an alternative to the traditional visit to an emergency department.
The comprehensive program includes a walk-in triage/ reception center and a dedicated, multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, master’s level clinicians, nurses, mental health technicians and peer specialists
In partnership with Cherokee Health Systems, a brand new Get Well Now walk-in clinic is conveniently located inside the McNabb Center’s EmPATH building. Receive sick care and non-emergency medical care. Services are available for adults and children, regardless of health insurance status.
