Description
In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Margie Balfour and Matthew Goldman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Crisis Services. Crisis services are specially designed for people who need immediate, same-day access to psychiatric care. In this issue, top experts keep psychiatrists well-informed on mental health crisis intervention, including recent developments and major expansions to come.- Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including equity/disparities: designing crisis services as a way to decriminalize mental illness; crisis contact centers: phone, chat and text-based crisis intervention; mass violence and crisis response; low-threshold crisis services for people experiencing homelessness and other structural barriers; and more.- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on crisis services, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Table of Contents
Mental Health Crisis Responses and (In)Justice: Intrasystem and Intersystem ImplicationsMultidimensional Approaches to Quality Measurement and Performance Improvement in the Ideal Crisis SystemThe Journey Toward 988: A Historical Perspective on Crisis Hotlines in the United StatesCommunity-Based Mental Health Crisis Response: An Overview of Models and Workforce ImplicationsCrisis Receiving and Stabilization Facilities: Designing Systems for High-Acuity PopulationsPostcrisis Follow-Up and Linkage to Community ServicesLessons of the Boom: A Playbook for Crisis Centers to Prevent, Survive, and Respond to Active Assailants, Targeted Violence, and Mass ViolenceAttending to Persons with Intellectual and/or Other Developmental Disorders in Crisis SettingsPolicy, Design, and Critical Reflections on Behavioral Health Crisis Services for People Experiencing HomelessnessYouth Crisis: The Current State and Future Directions
