AGENCY TESTIMONY
Crisis Residences: Alternative to hospitalization for mental health crises
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Jamie Neckles describes Crisis Residences, which represent the 'somewhere to go' category of DOHMH's crisis services. These facilities provide an alternative to hospitalization for people experiencing mental health crises.
- Crisis Residences are warm, safe, and supportive home-like environments
- They offer 24-hour peer support, group activities, and connection to clinical services as needed
- Guests typically can stay for up to one week
- These open-door settings allow people to remain connected to their daily lives (school, work, family) while receiving additional support
- Referrals can come from 988, Mobile Crisis Teams, mental health providers, or self-referral
Jamie Neckles
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These folks might need somewhere to go.
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Our 3rd and final category of mental health crisis services.
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For these situations, the health department also supports crisis residences which provide an alternative to hospitalization for people experiencing mental health crisis.
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They are warm, safe, and supportive home like places that offer 24 hour peer support.
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Group activities in connection to clinical services as needed.
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Guests typically can stay for up to 1 week.
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These open door settings enable people to remain connected to their lives.
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School, work, family while getting additional supports through a crisis.
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People may be referred to a crisis residence by 988, by a mobile crisis team, by their mental health provider, or they may self refer.
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Now that I've described our short term crisis services that offer someone to call, someone to respond, and somewhere to go, I'll move on to describe our longer term treatment and recovery programs.
