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TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS. DSH-Atascadero has a partnership with Cuesta College in order to provide advanced professional training for psychiatric technicians. The program is accredited through the Board of Vocational Nurses and Psychiatric Technicians and is one of the top training programs in California.
Atascadero State Hospital, formally known as California Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero (DSHA), is located on the Central Coast of California, in San Luis Obispo County, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The ETP is used when safe treatment of a patient is not possible in a standard treatment environment. The pilot program consists of three units of 13 beds each for male patients at DSH-Atascadero and one unit of 10 beds for female patients at DSH-Patton.
Our five state hospitals are Atascadero, Coalinga, Metropolitan (in Los Angeles County), Napa and Patton. The Department of State Hospitals (DSH) manages the California state hospital system, which provides mental health services to patients admitted into DSH facilities.
Atascadero State Hospital is a Hospital with 1 Location. Currently Atascadero State Hospital's 117 physicians cover 19 specialty areas of medicine. RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Cuesta College offers a twelve-month training program which is physically located at the Department of State Hospitals-Atascadero (DSH-A) for persons interested in. becoming a licensed Psychiatric Technician.
Originally the purpose of the hospital was to treat only mentally ill criminal offenders thought to require maximum security conditions. However, sometime between planning and completion of the hospital, the decision was made to include other types of patients and the present hospital population of around 1500 inmates consists of
