Indiana’s Southwest Behavioral Healthcare Expands Crisis Services
Indiana-based Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare has expanded its mobile crisis team. The team will now assist Warrick County sheriff’s deputies in responding to mental health crises as well as working with the Evansville, Indiana, Police Department, and sheriff’s departments in Indiana’s Vanderburgh and Posey counties.
Southwestern launched the mobile crisis team in July 2022. It has served more than 15,000 consumers during the first two years of the pilot. As part of the crisis team, Southwestern staff help law enforcement with mental health and de-escalation training. Teams can respond to crises in less than an . . .