Samantha Wolverton – Four County Mental Health Center

Mobile Crisis Teams In the assertive Community treatment Model

Samantha Wolverton – Four County Mental Health Center

While mobile crisis units have been around since the 1960’s, mobile crisis units have become more prevalent with the current emphasis on whole person community-based care. Mobile crisis units meet people where they are to provide assessment, intervention and referral to community services in hopes of avoiding a more restrictive level of care, such as inpatient hospitalization or incarceration. My project was to research and identify the best protocols and practices for a mobile crisis unit that the agency will be launching in the next year.