Crisis Respite: An Effective Intervention in the Continuum of Recovery

• By: Kearyann Austin, MS, LMHC Garden House Respite Amy Winarsky ACMH
• October 1st, 2017
• community-based care, coping skills, crisis respite, hospitalization prevention, mental health crisis, peer support, psychiatric rehabilitation, recovery planning
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Think about your work with a client with a psychiatric diagnosis in emotional crisis. Did your client get what they needed at an emergency room? Or, after hours of waiting, were they told they were well enough to deal with it at home, perhaps by themselves? A peer-run Crisis Respite stay is an...