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Psychiatric Advance DirectivesCALBHB/C PADs Webpage: Includes Definition, CA PAD Form, Video
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Reports / Resources / ArticlesRoadmap to the Ideal Crisis System: Essential Elements, Measurable Standards, and Best Practice for Behavioral Health Crisis Response. The National Council for Behavioral Health, 2021
Peer Respites Provide an Alternative to Psychiatric Wards During Pandemic, Kaiser Health News National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care - Best Practice Toolkit Executive Summary (PDF | 1 MB) Best Practice Toolkit (PDF | 2 MB) Crisis Services: Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, and Funding Strategies, SAMHSA 2014 Plan for Crisis and Other Safety Net Services in the California Developmental Services System: CA Health & Human Services 2017 |
Cost SavingsCAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets), mobile crisis intervention program in Eugene, OR - CAHOOTS, is estimated to save the city an estimated $8,500,000 in public safety spending annually. In 2019, Eugene’s CAHOOTS team answered 17 percent of the police department’s overall call volume. Out of 24,000 calls, police backup was requested only 150 times.
Crisis Now - A crisis continuum program model implemented in Phoenix, Arizona, Crisis Now, is estimated to have reduced inpatient spending by $260,000,000, preventing $37,000,000 in costs to hospital emergency departments in 2016. Phoenix saved the equivalent of 37 full-time police officers and further reduced city fire department costs. |