From time to time we call in guest speakers to attend the Depression/Anxiety group that I attend and co-facilitate.
After a long process of trying to get the Crisis team to come in and talk to the group,and after emails and phone calls they did not let us down.
The information they provided was greatly appreciated and there were many questions It was not easy to get them to come to the group as they do over a 1000 calls a month and it sounded like they were very busy and trying to fit in time for someone to attend took some time to arrange.
They do a mobile team from 1pm to 1 am then the rest of the time they take calls in the centre. All calls are private and no record is kept of what was said withe the exception of your name, although of course you do not even have to give your real name.
The Crisis team consists of a police officer and a team member who as we were told can do a wellness check on people(which means that if you have not seen someone in awhile that suffers from mental illness you can call them and ask them to do a check on that person). They have to have the police offer with them when they make contact and have been given permission to enter the premise.
Under the Detention act they can detain you which means they can take you to the hospital if they deem it necessary.
I think as a group we need to get more people to come in to talk to us and answer questions but it seems very hard to get people to come and talk to groups such as ours. So far the guest speakers we have had in have been very beneficial.
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