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24-HOUR MOBILE CRISES TEAM – CONT.
•Alternatives to Hospitalization
•In a properly designed and functioning community mental health system community residential treatment facilities should sere the vast majority of disturbed and disturbing individuals in need of intensive interpersonal care who cannot be adequately treated by in-home crises intervention. Use of these small home-like facilities in conjunction with 24-hour mobile crises intervention will dramatically reduce the need for psychiatric beds in hospitals.
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•[These are references taken from Chapter 9, A Community Services Smorgasbord, from The book Community Mental Health by Mosher L.R. & Burti L. (1992) Community Mental Health Chuo Hoki Suppen: Tokio