
Crisis Services, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 47-3 - August 12, 2024
- Editors: Margie Balfour, Matthew Goldman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 0 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 1 0 - 0
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… Read more
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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.
Psychiatrists
Mental Health Crisis Responses and (In)Justice: Intrasystem and Intersystem Implications
Multidimensional Approaches to Quality Measurement and Performance Improvement in the Ideal Crisis System
The Journey Toward 988: A Historical Perspective on Crisis Hotlines in the United States
Community-Based Mental Health Crisis Response: An Overview of Models and Workforce Implications
Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Facilities: Designing Systems for High-Acuity Populations
Postcrisis Follow-Up and Linkage to Community Services
Lessons of the Boom: A Playbook for Crisis Centers to Prevent, Survive, and Respond to Active Assailants, Targeted Violence, and Mass Violence
Attending to Persons with Intellectual and/or Other Developmental Disorders in Crisis Settings
Policy, Design, and Critical Reflections on Behavioral Health Crisis Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
Youth Crisis: The Current State and Future Directions
Multidimensional Approaches to Quality Measurement and Performance Improvement in the Ideal Crisis System
The Journey Toward 988: A Historical Perspective on Crisis Hotlines in the United States
Community-Based Mental Health Crisis Response: An Overview of Models and Workforce Implications
Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Facilities: Designing Systems for High-Acuity Populations
Postcrisis Follow-Up and Linkage to Community Services
Lessons of the Boom: A Playbook for Crisis Centers to Prevent, Survive, and Respond to Active Assailants, Targeted Violence, and Mass Violence
Attending to Persons with Intellectual and/or Other Developmental Disorders in Crisis Settings
Policy, Design, and Critical Reflections on Behavioral Health Crisis Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
Youth Crisis: The Current State and Future Directions
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 47-3
- Published: August 12, 2024
- Language: English
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Margie Balfour
Affiliations and expertise
Chief of Quality & Clinical Innovation
Connections Health Solutions
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Arizona
Tucson, ArizonaMG
Matthew Goldman
Affiliations and expertise
Medical Director for Comprehensive Crisis Services
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California