Mobile Crisis 4915572 225828617 2008-07-15T16:17:41Z 67.90.153.196 '''Mobile Crisis''' is a [[mental health]] service in the [[United States]] (typically operated by a mental health hospital or health conglomerate) which services the community by providing immediate response emergency mental health evaluations. Evaluations are often requested by hospital [[Emergency department|emergency rooms]], but can also be requested by [[Intensive care medicine|ICUs]], CCUs, jails, nursing homes, or other health agencies. These services are available on a 24 hour basis, and the Mobile Crisis Unit is always staffed. Mobile Crisis evaluations are typically requested due to a reasonable expectation of self-inflicted harm to the client, but can also be requested due to a reasonable expectation of the client's intent to harm another person. In addition to Suicidal/Homocidal Ideation or gestures, an assessment may be requested due to a person exhibiting signs of psychosis, grave decompensation, or altered mental status believed not to have an organic etiology. Criteria for requesting a Mobile Crisis assessment varies state to state depending upon individual mental health agencies and entities that regulate mental health services, as well as statues created via legislative assemblies. Non-viable Mobile Crisis evaluation requests can include [[alcohol]] and drug requests (where there is not a mental health component), or "routine" evaluations requested where there is not a reasonable expectation of harm to the client or another individual. The Mobile Crisis clinician has typically optained her/his [[Master's degree]] in a mental health-related field (such as [[social work]] or counseling psychology). The clinician performs the evaluation based on standard models of mental status examination (alert and oriented, mood, affect, etc), and assigns a [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|DSM-IVTR]] (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, Text Revision) diagnosis. After completing the evaluation, the clinician makes a disposition, or placement, decision for the client. Placements can include involuntary in-patient hospitalization, voluntary in-patient hospitalization, or discharge to home with out-patient referrals. Following disposition, the Mobile Crisis unit can be expected to follow-up with the client within a few days. ==External links== *[http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cis/cis_mct.shtml New York City Mobile Crisis Team] [[Category:Mental health]]