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•WE BELIEVE THAT THE
24-HOUR MOBILE CRISES intervention
team should be the center of every community mental health program. In most situations it will function as
the gatekeeper to the system.
Systematic research on the use of 24-hour
mobile crises teams has shown that they reduce hospitalization by at least 50%. The experience in South
Verona (Italy).
•If a home intervention
is thought to be necessary the team advises
the caller of the plan and asks for his or her reaction. If the plan is acceptable, the caller is asked to assemble
the parties relevant to the problem
and told that the team will arrive in about 15-20 minutes. If it is a call from police on site, they
are asked to stay also. A
minimum of two team members, preferably a male and a female, should respond… On arrival the team
evaluates the nature of
the problem utilizing interview techniques…. The actual intervention will use a variety of techniques ….