What is Inpatient Behavioral Health Care?
Inpatient behavioral health care is a secure level of care provided to individuals experiencing acute mental health challenges that cannot be safely or effectively managed in an outpatient setting. This level of care offers a structured, secure environment where patients receive comprehensive evaluation, stabilization, and intensive therapeutic support from a multidisciplinary team. Services typically include psychiatric assessment, medication management, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, and discharge planning.
The total duration of inpatient mental health care treatment varies based on a patient's specific needs and progress. After stabilization, patients may transition to less intensive levels of care, such as intensive outpatient services, community stabilization services or other programs provided in outpatient care.
Key features of Vail Health Behavioral Health's Precourt Healing Center inpatient care program includes:
- 24/7 Care: Patients receive supervision and support from a personalized care team 24 hours a day.
- Structured Environment: Daily activities, therapy sessions and a scheduled routine designed to help patients stabilize and heal.
- Crisis Intervention: The Precourt Healing Center cares for those experiencing acute psychiatric crisis. Please note: all patients will need to be referred by a referring agency through a formal admission request. Patients cannot self-refer and walk-ins are not accepted.
- A Collaborative Approach: Inpatient mental health care at Precourt Healing Center involves a multidisciplinary approach, with a robust care team of psychiatric providers, therapists, behavioral health technicians, clinical case managers, registered nurses and medical physicians collaborating to provide comprehensive and personalized treatment.
The Precourt Healing Center opened on May 5, 2025. If you or a loved one are in crisis, please call 988, or call 970-306-HOPE if you live in Eagle County. Contact the Precourt Healing Center directly at 970-855-7378.
Precourt Healing Center
Located in the heart of Eagle County, the Precourt Healing Center is a 28-bed inpatient behavioral health facility designed to meet the critical mental health needs of our mountain communities. More than just a building, this center represents a profound step forward in access to care — as the only psychiatric hospital in rural Colorado, it fills a longstanding gap in services that has forced patients in crisis to wait for available beds and travel hours to the Front Range for treatment.
Now, individuals and families can access life-saving, high-quality inpatient behavioral health care close to home. Guided by Vail Health’s legacy of compassionate, patient-centered care since 1965, the Precourt Healing Center offers trusted clinical expertise, a personalized approach, and a healing environment designed for recovery and resilience.
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Careers
At Vail Health, we are growing a team of dedicated professionals committed to transforming behavioral health care — both inpatient and outpatient. Whether you're just starting your journey or looking to advance your career in this vital field, we invite you to explore our open positions. Join us in delivering compassionate, evidence-based care in one of the most beautiful communities in the country.
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Referring Inpatient Agencies
The Precourt Healing Center is equipped to serve both adolescents (ages 12–17) and adults (18 and older) with a wide range of behavioral health needs. We provide care for individuals experiencing symptoms such as depression, anxiety, or co-occurring concerns.
Each referral will be thoughtfully reviewed to ensure we can deliver safe, effective, and appropriate care based on the individual’s unique needs.
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Patient Support & Care
At the Precourt Healing Center, we believe that patients and families deserve clear, compassionate, and comprehensive information about the care they will receive.
Our inpatient services are delivered by a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed therapists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, case managers, and allied health professionals. Together, we collaborate with patients and their support systems to develop personalized treatment plans that honor each individual’s goals, values, and clinical needs — both today and for the future.
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