LA County OKs Pilot Program to Speed Mental Health Crisis Response

LA County OKs Pilot Program to Speed Mental Health Crisis Response

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a pilot program to train emergency room physicians at five private hospitals to initiate involuntary psychiatric holds, a move intended to free county mental health crisis teams to respond more quickly to emergencies in the community. The program, introduced by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, follows the enactment of a 2025 state law allowing emergency room ph…

Berkshire County Sheriff's Office staff receive mental health first aid training

Berkshire Community College, in partnership with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and 2nd Street Second Chances, recently conducted mental health first aid training for the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office, focusing on recognizing mental health and substance use concerns and connecting…

LA County ER Doctors to Receive New Mental Health Hold Training

LOS ANGELES  —  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Aug. 11 approved a motion to launch a pilot program to train and authorize Emergency Room physicians at five private hospitals to conduct 5150 psychiatric holds, freeing up the county’s mental health crisis teams to respond more quickly to people experiencing emergencies in the […] The post LA County ER Doctors to Receive New Mental Health Hold Training appeared first on .

Santa Monica ER Doctors Could Soon Handle Psychiatric Holds Without County Crisis Teams

SANTA MONICA — Emergency room doctors at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica will be trained to initiate involuntary psychiatric holds themselves under a new Los Angeles County pilot program approved Tuesday.