Crisis Referrals
The primary mental health response we send to all callers who qualify that we are unable to resolve by phone?
What is MCOT?
The process for a new patient to begin services with The Harris Center.
What is the access line?
The act of experiencing internal stimulation without external cause.
What are hallucinations?
The cl reports she has recently been thinking obsessively about death/dying and how nice it would be to escape from her life.
What is suicidal thinking?
This is the Harris County Psychiatric Emergency Room that holds patients for up to 23 hours?
What is NPC/PES?
Clients on this team receive the most intensive case management services within the agency.
What is the ACT team?
The client is reporting a decrease in joy, sleeping more, and a decline in self-care activities.
What is depression?
This cl has been quietly stockpiling medication and writing down different bridges in the area she could jump from.
What is a suicide plan?
The involuntary alternative for mental health crisis that do not result in transport by police.
What is the Mental Health Warrant?
This program offers intensive community-based services to assist children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances to live in the community with their families.
What is the YES waiver program?
The caller is reporting her child does throws tantrums repeatedly, argues excessively and refuses to comply with rules.
What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
After arguing with his boyfriend and shouting "You're going to miss me when I'm gone" The cl has ingested 5 zyrtec pills over the course of 12 hours.
What is a psychologically serious, medically non-serious suicide attempt?
A 3-5 day inpatient placement provided by THC that serves voluntary psychiatric services.
What is the CSU?
This program offers showers, meals, medication management, and case management for homeless individuals.
What is the PATH program?
The caller reports her daughter has difficulty staying on task, is often fidgety, talks excessively and has trouble waiting her turn.
What is ADD/ADHD?
This is a diagnosable illness that affects a person's thinking, emotional state and behavior and can disrupt a persons work or other daily activities.
What is mental health?
What is the CIRT team?
This Mental Health Division Program is available to perform community outreach to homeless individuals.
What is the HOT team?
The caller is reporting he is the King of Africa, has an inheritance of 2 billion dollars that the government is holding from him, and has a top rated reality show in the works.
What are delusions of grandeur?
This is the 8th leading cause of death for all Americans
What is suicide?