Crisis services were developed as a component of the continuum of services to be offered in the community. The goal of crisis services is to work in the community to alleviate immediate psychological distress and engage individuals in treatment and ancillary services. There is an array of services in the crisis continuum that are designed to reach individuals in their communities, including, but not limited to:

• Hotlines
• Warm lines
• Mobile crisis outreach
• 23-48 hour observation beds
• Crisis urgent care centers/psychiatric emergency departments
• Crisis stabilization units/short-term crisis residential services
• Peer support and crisis services
• Critical time intervention
• Crisis intervention teams (CIT)
• Telehealth services
• Transportation

• Download the Crisis Compendium with Service Recommendations
• Ohio's Plan for Crisis Services: Building on our Strengths
  Lori Criss, OhioMHAS
• Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System
• Ohio's Crisis Task Force

Past Crisis Academies

12/09/2022 | Ohio's SFY23 Crisis Academy Series: The EmPATH Model & Behavioral Health Urgent Care

• Ohio's SFY23 Crisis Academy Series: The EmPATH Model & Behavioral Health Urgent Care - Video

09/28/2022 | Ohio's SFY23 Crisis Academy Series: Ohio's Crisis Initiatives - Crisis Report, 988, MRSS & OhioRISE

• Ohio's SFY23 Crisis Academy Series: Ohio's Crisis Initiatives - Crisis Report, 988, MRSS & OhioRISE - Video

02/25/2022 | Crisis Academy: Crisis Response for the LGBTQ+ Populations

• Ohio Crisis Academy - Crisis Response for the LGBTQ + Populations - PDF
• Ohio Crisis Academy - Crisis Response for the LGBTQ + Populations - Video

01/15/2022 | Crisis Academy: Emergency Hospitalization and the Pink Slip Process - Video

• Ohio Crisis Academy - Emergency Hospitalization and the Pink Slip Process

11/19/2021 | Children's Crisis Response - Residential Interventions within a System of Care

• Residential Interventions within a System of Care - PPT
• Residential Interventions within a System of Care - Video

06/28/2021 | Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System and How it Applies to Ohio

• Ohio Crisis Academy - Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System and How it Applies to Ohio
• The Roadmap to an Ideal Crisis System in Ohio: Strengths, Challenges and Recommendations
• Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System

02/24/2021 | Crisis Academy: Rural Solutions to Crisis Continuum of Services

• Rural Solutions Agenda - February 24, 2021
• Ohio Crisis Academy: Rural Solutions to Crisis Continuum of Services, February 2021
• OMHAS Crisis Academy Update
• Crisis Framework Slide Deck
• Ohio Crisis Academy 2-24-2021

11/18/2020 | Crisis Academy: Children's Hospital Crisis Response

• Akron Hospital - Cincinnati Children's Hospital - A Family's Journey: Supporting Families Through a Mental Health Crisis PowerPoint Presentation
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital - A Family's Journey: Supporting Families Through a Mental Health Crisis PowerPoint Presentation
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Acute Services PowerPoint Presentation
• Ohio Crisis Services: Children's Crisis Response Video

08/05/2020 | Crisis Academy: Mobile Teams for Adults and Youth

• Helping Youth & Families Right Where they Are PowerPoint Presentation
• Making the Case for a Comprehensive Children's Crisis Continuum of Care PowerPoint Presentation
• Crisis Response Systems and the Role of Law Enforcement PowerPoint Presentation
• Mobile Response Stabilization Services: Youth & Family PowerPoint Presentation

06/25/2020 | Crisis Stabilization

• Announcement
• Crisis Residential Research Overview TBD Solutions
• COVID 19 Impact Survey On Crisis Providers
• Ohio Crisis Academy - Crisis Residential Presentation
• Ohio Crisis Academy - Crisis Residential Recording

02/27/2020 Crisis Academy: Integrating Peers Into The Crisis Continuum

• The Fusion Model
  Charles T. Browning, MD

10/28/2019 Crisis Academy: Building On Our Strengths

• The Ideal Crisis System
  Margie Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., Connections Health Solution
• Supporting Improvements in Ohio's Crisis Response Continuum
  Thom Craig, Peg's Foundation
• Changing the Power Structure: Peer Professionals in the Crisis System
  Aaron Foster, RI International
• Crisis Now and RI International
  Paul Galdys, RI International
• ADAMH Crisis Continuum
  Kathryn Carr Harris, ADAMH of Franklin County
  King Stumpp, Netcare Access
• Crisis Academy "Building on Our Strengths" Survey
• Crisis Academy "Building on Our Strengths" Summary Report