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Crisis Care and Service Systems Part 3: Crisis Care for Various Populations

Author: SAMHSA, Will Cook, PhD

Course Created: 2023

Practice Level: Advanced

No book to buy Duration: 6 hours

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Course Summary

Series Overview: This course is part of a 3-course series on Crisis Care and Service Systems

Substance abuse and mental illness crisis situations occur in all communities. This series presents SAMHSA’s national guidelines and best practices for crisis care, which can be used to strengthen crisis care and reduce the impact of substance abuse, acute mental illness, and suicide in America. The courses in this Crisis Care and Service Systems series are:
• SAMHSA’s National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care: Best Practice Toolkit
• Crisis Services Implementation and Infrastructure
• Crisis Care for Various Populations

Effective crisis systems must strive to assess and attend to the individual needs of anyone experiencing a crisis. According to SAMSHA’s National Guidelines, an effective crisis continuum includes centralized crisis hotlines, mobile crisis teams, and crisis receiving and stabilization facilities that can care for “anyone, anywhere, anytime.” Unfortunately, there is work to be done to ensure crisis care is accessible to all, especially for young people, members of diverse populations, and for those experiencing homelessness and/or struggling with substance use disorders. Crisis Service Papers Building on SAMHSA’s National Guidelines discusses the special considerations and crisis care response needs of these groups of people. The purpose of this course is to support social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, counselors, program managers, and direct care providers working within crisis care systems to expand and enhance prevention and intervention crisis strategies that best serve the most vulnerable populations.

Clinicians can expand their knowledge on the barriers to managing behavioral health crises for specific populations and ways to combat those barriers, which will help them contribute more effectively within a crises system. This practice-focused learning material also offers providers an overarching view of the core crisis system components needed for vulnerable populations. Other topics covered include and are not limited to crisis practices specific to people with substance use disorders, challenges and implications of treating diverse populations, and strategies to prevent or identify early behavioral health challenges in children and adolescents. Upon completion of this course, providers will be able to improve crisis service implementation for a variety of population groups at risk of receiving inequitable and inefficient crisis support.

Course Format

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Learning Objectives

Identify barriers to managing behavioral health crisis faced by individuals who experience homelessness.
Describe effective behavioral health crisis care for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Identify considerations for addressing substance use in each of the core components of behavioral health crisis care.
Explain challenges to and recommendations for providing equitable treatment to diverse and vulnerable populations in varied crisis settings.
Describe the negative effects of the existing crisis system on children and adolescents.
Recognize effective child and adolescent crisis care responses.

Course Syllabus

Effective Behavioral Health Crisis Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Executive Summary

Background

Barriers and Risk Factors Faced by Individuals Who Experience Homelessness

The Intersection of Homeless Individuals with Behavioral Health Crisis Response

Systems

Responding to Homeless Individuals in Crisis: Essential Principles and Practices

Ensure that Crisis System Components are Responsive to the Needs of Homeless

Individuals

Incorporate Interventions that Effectively Engage Homeless Individuals

Proactively Collaborate with Homeless Housing Systems and Law Enforcement

COVID-19 Considerations for Responding to Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Conclusions

Addressing Substance Use in Behavioral Health Crisis Care: A Companion Resource to the SAMHSA Crisis Toolkit

Introduction

Person-Centered Care: Integrating Mental and Substance Use Disorders Within the

Crisis System

Core Services and Best Practices

Regional Crisis Call Centers

Mobile Crisis Team Services

Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Services

Core Principles and Essential Partnerships

Applying Core Principles to SUD: Addressing Recovery Needs

Applying Core Principles to SUD: Significant Role for Peers

Applying Core Principles to SUD: Crisis Response Partnerships

Financing Strategies

Impact and Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Crisis Services for Substance Use Disorders Examined with a Racial Equity Lens

Conclusions

Crisis Services: Addressing Unique Needs of Diverse Populations

Executive Summary

Recommendations

Crisis Services: Addressing Unique Needs of Diverse Populations

Introduction

Racially, Ethnically, and Experientially Diverse Populations in Crisis Settings

Persons with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Crisis Settings

Medically Complex Care in Crisis Settings

Infectious Diseases in Crisis Settings with Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Involvement in Crisis Settings

Implications and Conclusions

Improving the Child and Adolescent Crisis System: Shifting from a 9-1-1 to a 9-8-8 Paradigm

Background

Challenges with the Current Child and Adolescent Crisis System

Limited Prevention, Early Identification and Intervention

Misuse of Emergency Departments (EDs)

Law Enforcement Involvement in Child Behavioral Health Crises

Racism and Inequity

A Paradigm Shift

Working Upstream: Prevention and Early Intervention in Child and Adolescent Crisis

Schools

Pediatric Primary Care

Community Partners

Best Practice Considerations for Child and Adolescent Crisis Systems

Regional Crisis Call Hub Services (Someone to Talk To)

Mobile Crisis Team Services (Someone to Respond)

Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Services (A Place to Go)

Examples and Outcomes of Child and Adolescent Crisis Response Systems

Arizona: Crisis Response Center (CRC)

Connecticut: Mobile Crisis Intervention Services

Nevada: Children’s Mobile Crisis Response System Rural Team

Crisis Lessons and Innovations from COVID-19

Conclusion

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