Interactions between police and someone in psychiatric crisis can end in violence. Communities have been sending mental health professionals instead, but paying for that service has been a struggle.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marion County Sheriff's Office team that responds to active mental health crisis calls returned earlier this month after ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: A mental health advocacy group wants you to add a new contact to your phone, your county, or tribal mobile crisis response team. These are ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX - When most people think of the holidays, they think of food, family and good times. But it can be an extremely difficult time for people struggling with mental health issues. "Mental ...

The Rochester Police Department saw person-in-crisis calls rise slightly last year, but the average amount of police officer time dedicated to each call dropped.

A local nonprofit has been awarded a $1 million grant to expand its counseling services to include a 24/7 mobile crisis response team, officials announced Monday. Aaron Lane, co-founder of Courageous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mental Health Association of Frederick County will soon take charge of the county's Mobile Crisis Services program — ...

New Jersey Human Services announced that 988 Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Teams (MCORTs) are now operational statewide. The teams respond to non-life-threatening mental health, substance use, and ...

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lisa Kelso, a licensed therapist who put together and leads the city of Henderson’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Team. The MCIT was formed to address some ...

The Children’s Home of Jefferson County has a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week Bi-County Mobile Crisis Program.

Therapist Luke Forney (left) and responder Evan Thiessen drive to a home in Bozeman, Mont. after receiving a call about a resident having a psychiatric crisis. The mobile crisis team in Bozeman has ...

The Marion County Sheriff's Office team that responds to active mental health crisis calls returned earlier this month after disbanding due to a loss of funding. The Mobile Crisis Response Team, which ...