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Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) Teams are a 24-hour, 7 day per week service that provides assistance for mental health and substance abuse crises through telephone or face-to-face assessments. Teams provide outreach, assessments, evaluation, crisis intervention and stabilization, referral, crisis planning, 24-48 hour follow-up appointments, short term therapy and/or monitoring for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance abuse emergency. MCR teams respond to crises in the community, at schools, hospitals, shelters, places of employment, and other community settings to stabilize the situation in the youth’s natural environment. MCR services are designed to de-escalate the crisis situation, prevent possible inpatient hospitalization, detention, and homelessness, and restore youth to a pre-crisis level of stabilization. Services are tailored to youth and their families and focus on family strengths, needs and preferences. While all MCR teams have the same goals and objectives, each community has their own specifications to best meet the needs of the consumers in their community.
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