Crisis services definition

Crisis services means immediate and unscheduled behavioral health services provided to a patient to address an acute behavioral health issue affecting the patient.
Crisis services or “emergency services” means immediate and intensive, time-limited, crisis intervention and resolution services which are available on a 24-hour basis and may include information and referral, evaluation and counseling to stabilize the situation, triage to an inpatient setting, clinical crisis intervention services, mobile crisis services, emergency crisis shelter services, and follow-up counseling for clients who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency.
Crisis services means the specialized services listed in clauses (1) to (3) provided to prevent the recipient from requiring placement in a more restrictive institutional setting such as an inpatient hospital or regional treatment center and to maintain the recipient in the present community setting.

Examples of Crisis services in a sentence

  • Letter from Carol Loftur-Thun, Executive Director, CrisisLink, Tim Jansen, Executive Director, Community Crisis Services, Inc., Michele Hughes, Executive Director, Life Crisis Center Hotline, Molly McCoy-Brack, Executive Director, Agora Crisis Center, Jennifer Battle, MHRMRA Helpline Director, Shye Louis, Operations Manager, ABVI Goodwill, and Pat Tedford, Executive Director, CONTACTLifeline, WC Docket 07-271 at 1-2 (filed May 11, 2009) (Joint Crisis Center May 2009 Ex Parte Letter).

  • Pennsylvania’s Roadmap to Crisis Services and recent state meeting was discussed.


More Definitions of Crisis services

Crisis services means Mental Health Services for Individuals in Crisis, provided by mental health practitioners who respond to behavioral health Crises onsite at the location in the community where the Crisis arises and who provide a face-to-face therapeutic response. The goal of Mobile Crisis Services is to help an Individual resolve a psychiatric crisis or emergency in the most integrated setting possible, and to avoid unnecessary emergency room visits, hospitalization, inpatient psychiatric treatment, child welfare involvement, placement disruption, houselessness, involuntary commitment, and arrest or incarceration.
Crisis services means time-limited, intensive supports provided for individuals who are currently experiencing, or may be expected to experience, a psychological, behavioral, or emotional crisis. Crisis Services may include crisis assessment, support and referral or crisis beds and may be individualized, regional or statewide.
Crisis services means case management services provided in response to any event that substantially threatens the individual's health, safety or the stability of his/her support system.
Crisis services means services provided by the staff or contractors of DPBHS Child Priority Response program or a psychiatric hospital contracted by the DSCYF, in the course of their employment.
Crisis services as defined by the HCA, means evaluation and treatment of mental health crisis to all Medicaid-enrolled individuals experiencing a crisis. A mental health crisis is defined as a turning point in the course of anything decisive or critical, a time, a stage, or an event or a time of great danger or trouble, whose outcome decides whether possible bad consequences will follow. Crisis Services shall be available on a 24-hour basis. Crisis Services are intended to stabilize the person in crisis, prevent further deterioration and provide immediate treatment and intervention in a location best suited to meet the needs of the individual and in the least restrictive environment available. Crisis Services may be provided prior to completion of an Intake Evaluation. Services are provided by or under the supervision of a Mental Health Professional.
Crisis services means immediate and unscheduled behavioral health services provided to an individual, who retains the capacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment, to address an acute behavioral health issue affecting the individual.
Crisis services means immediate and unscheduled behavioral health services provided: