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Gouverneur
Hospital Mobile
Crisis Services
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Gouverneur
Hospital Mobile
Crisis Team has
been in
existence since
1968. It was
the first
program of it’s
kind in New
York City. It
came about due
to a dramatic
shift in
mentally ill
demographics in
the city. There
had been a
concerted
program to
deinstitutionalize
state hospitals
during the 60’s,
and New York
City was
inundated with
thousands of
mentally ill
without any
support
services.
Mobile crisis
teams became the
first line of
intervention to
engage and
provide short
term treatment
for these
patients.
Currently there
are 23 Mobile
Crisis teams
that cover all
boroughs in New
York City.
The present day
mobile crisis
team at
Gouverneur
Hospital has
evolved into a
multidisciplinary
team of mental
health
professionals
that offers
rapid responses
to psychiatric
crisis in the
community.
Currently we
have a nurse and
two full time
social workers.
We also have
access to
psychiatrists
through
Gouverneur
Hospital to
provide discreet
psychiatric
interventions.
We serve both
adults and
children and
have staff that
speak Mandarin,
Cantonese and
Spanish.
Services are
provided without
regard to
ability to pay
or having
insurance. Our
mission is to
resolve or
ameliorate
psychiatric
crisis in order
to support
optimum
functioning in
the community
and to prevent
hospitalization
whenever
possible.
However, there
are situations
where the
individuals we
see present
immanent danger
to themselves
and the
community and
our
professionals
are authorized
to bring these
individuals to
the hospital
involuntarily.
We attempt to
link the
patients we see
to existing
community
treatment and
services.
Although we
generally stay
involved with
individuals for
no more than 60
days, sometimes
there are
complicated
situations that
require more
visits to find
appropriate
services before
we can close
the case.
Anyone can call
mobile crisis to
request our
services. It
involves a
short interview
on the phone
with the
referral
source. At the
time of referral
we collect
demographic
information and
the presenting
problem. We
attempt to
obtain as much
information from
the referral
source as
possible before
making a visit.
Once we have
decided to
accept the case
we schedule a
home visit and
will respond
with a home
visit within
48hrs for
non-urgent cases
and within
24hrs. for
urgent ones.
Besides
providing
concrete
traditional
mobile crisis
intervention
services, we
also conduct
educational
in-services to a
variety of
community
agencies.
Topics that we
have recently
presented have
been the
following:
-
Assessing
Depression
and Suicide
Risk in the
Elderly
-
Psychiatric
Disorders in
Children
-
Cultural
Dynamics of
Chinese
Immigrants
and Mental
Illness
-
Identifying
and Reducing
Stress
URL:
www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/facilities/gouverneur.shtml
Contact Us
212-238-7259
Ed Nolan, RN
Mobile
Crisis Unit
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