Science Policy in the Spotlight: Mental Health Crisis Response 3

We are introducing a new monthly policy episode series called
"Science Policy in the Spotlight," where we will focus our
attention on a timely and local policy topic in the greater
Chicago area and understand how science helps inform the topic.
This series, we're focused on new strategies in mental health
crisis response.
In the 3rd episode of this 4 episode series, we chatted with one
of the leaders of the new First-response Alternative Crisis Team
(FACT) run by Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Christopher Mayer,
to learn more about their recently debuted mobile crisis team
that serves Evanston and north Chicago!
If you want to learn more about the information discussed
throughout this episode, our sources are listed here: 


More on the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program in
Illinois 

More on the goals of CESSA and the upcoming 988 crisis line
number




Trilogy's FACT program can be accessed by calling
1-800-FACT-400.

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