Devereux Florida Partners With Orange County Sheriff’s Office To Launch Behavioral Response Unit

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Florida recently teamed up with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OSCO) to form a new six-person Behavioral Response Unit to better support youth and adults experiencing a crisis due to mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, or addiction. OSCO anticipates that the new unit will respond to about 8,00 calls for mental health crisis annually. The unit will be able to connect individuals with programs and services in the community, including addiction treatment programs, outpatient mental health services, intensive residential treatment programs or other specialized services.

With the new unit, when the sheriff . . .