Crisis info

If You Or a Family Member Are In a Crisis Situation, This Information Can Help

Missing Persons Alachua County Sheriff's Office: Business hours phone (352)-367-4050 or weekends and after 5:30 pm phone (352)- 955-1818

How to know when to call for help.

How to Call 911: Step-by-Step Checklist for a Mental Illness Crisis at Home. Tells how to get someone to help you, or how to get your loved one into a Crisis Stabilization Unit so they can get the acute specialized mental illness treatment they deserve.

Forensic (Jail) situations where a broken law is involved (often unknowingly by a person with a mental illness)

Suicide: What to look for if you suspect someone is considering Suicide

Useful Information Before a Crisis

Help Instead of Handcuffs (Know how to phone 911 to request special "C.I.T. Officers" trained to help mental illness crisis in a compassionate manner)

Baker Act 101: The basics of involuntary admission for treatment when someone does not know (or refuses) they need the treatment they deserve in a crisis.

Baker Act for Cops 101: The criteria law enforcement must follow in order to provide help and transportation to a Crisis Stabilization Unit when someone needs mental health care in a crisis.

Baker Act Essentials FAQ for Cops and Citizens

Baker Act Reform: Florida's new law.

Impaired Insight: A common problem in people with a mental illness.

Lack of Insight (another link) .

"I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help!" book by by Xavier Amador

What do consumers say they want and need during a psychiatric emergency

Psychiatric Advanced Directive (client agrees to treatment plan ahead of a crisis that would impare their thought process, in the event that a crisis would occur in the future)

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