ACRONYMS
AKA DCR - This is who you refer to when a client is in need of a mental health evaluation.
Designated Crisis Responder
This law is applicable in the inclusion of substance use in the ITA process.
Ricky's law
Abbott and Costello anyone? This is the document used to find out which DCRs are on shift.
Who's On First
Assessing for _______ - the most standard part of our jobs as crisis counselors.
Safety
Not a tree trunk, but something you open every time you receive or place a call.
Call Log
AKA AMA - This happens when a patient leaves a hospital before being discharged by the physician.
Against Medical Advice
This law would allow a person’s immediate family member to petition the court if a DCR did not detain them.
Joel's law
This is who you call after 3 unsuccessful attempts have been made to reach a DCR: a) Primary MOC; b) 911; c) Ghostbusters
a) Primary MOC
This is a rough time frame we try to stay in-line with for initial calls w clients.
10 minutes
A tab that is opened and filled out when suicidal ideation is endorsed.
Suicide Assessment
AKA HIPAA - This is a protection for client's and their information.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
To file a petition for Joel's law, the petition must be submitted directly to the: a) DCR; b) court; c) hospital authority
b) court
To ensure the well-being of the DCR, don't forget to complete this whenever dispatching to a home or community setting.
Safety Screening
Not walls, but something we maintain to prevent calls from becoming abusive/unproductive.
Boundaries
You will complete this field to indicate what the caller plans to do after the call.
Follow-up Plan
AKA MIS - Got data?
Management Information Systems
This is a temporary order that requires a person to surrender their firearms.
Extreme Risk Protection Order
A number generated by CCDS upon referral to the DCR.
Dispatch Number
This is a false belief about reality.
Delusion
This is how often a client's Provider One should be checked.
After every call/documentation
AKA WISe - A program with an approach to helping children with intensive mental health care.
Wraparound with Intensive Services
Extreme Risk Protection Orders can only be requested when someone has already had an investigation within 10 days. True or False?
False
These are the 3 labs you will obtain results for when dispatching to emergency rooms.
UTOX, BAL, and COVID
This is something you request when a client is unable to safety plan.
Welfare Check
This is how you would disposition a call after referring a client to their local food bank.
V69-B Linked or Referred Clt to Oth Res NEC