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Santa Clara County Mental Health Department Mental Health Urgent Care (MHUC) Update

MHUC Goals

• To provide immediate relief to people in

distress

• To help them maintain stability in their lives
• To avoid involuntary psychiatric

hospitalization, psychiatric emergency room visits and incarceration

MHUC Program Description

. A walk-in outpatient clinic for SCC residents with a mental health crisis needing help . Voluntary services, i.e., need to sign consent for services . People with medical emergency must go to Emergency Room . Services include screening, assessment, crisis intervention, referrals and short-term treatment, including medications

MHUC Program Description (cont’d)

• Psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis and

treatment

• Brief medication management services (up to

60 days)

• Recently, Level I referral intakes (EPS /

psychiatric hospital discharges)

• Appropriate referral / information to other

community resources

MHUC Staffing

• Psychiatrists
• Licensed clinical social workers
• Marriage family therapists
• Licensed psychiatric technicians
• Nurse assistants
• Health service representatives

MHUC Staffing (cont’d)

• Law Enforcement Liaisons (LEL)
• Provide Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) to law

enforcement

• Facilitate mutual understanding and

cooperation between mental health providers and local law enforcement workforces, e.g.,

• utreach meeting and education
• Assist MH staff and law enforcement with 5150

crisis intervention in community / home setting

MHUC Staffing (cont’d)

• LEL’s have trained Law Enforcement in

Interactive Video Simulation Training (IVST)

• Total classes trained ‘14 – 84
• SJPD – 60 classes from May ‘14 – Sept. ’14
• CSU – 14 classes
• CIT – 5 classes
• Other (San Mateo Co. Sherriff, Cal Trans, DA

Investigators – 5 classes

MHUC Staffing (cont’d)

• Asked by San Mateo Co. MH/Police CIT to

present IVST at the Ca. CIT conference Jan. ’14

• Future Plans
• Continue training with DA’s Office, Sheriff’s,

Los Gatos PD, Santa Clara PD

• Other interested agencies in IVST training:

Contra Costa Co CIT, Placer Co CIT, Napa Co CIT, CSU system for future trainings.

Location & Hours of Operation

• Located at 871 Enborg

Court, Unit 100, San Jose, CA 95128

• In the southeast corner
• f the Don Lowe

Pavilion /EPS building

• Opens 7 days a week
• 8:00 am to 10 pm
• 408-885-7855

MENTAL HEALTH URGENT CARE CLIENT SERVICES BY THE MONTH

MONTH 5150 OPEN NON LEFT/ TOTAL

HOLD 60 DAYS OPEN MISCELANEOUS May-14 95 66 172 23 356 Jun-14 67 65 160 23 315 Jul-14 86 86 177 30 379 TOTAL 248 217 509 76 1050