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