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(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness Mobile Crisis Response Teams are available countywide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to provide support for mental health and substance use crisis.  The teams provide rapid response, individual assessment and community-based stabilization for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. 

Mobile crisis services are designed to provide relief for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis, through de-escalation and stabilization techniques aimed to reduce the immediate risk of danger or subsequent harm, and avoid unnecessary emergency department care or psychiatric hospitalizations whenever possible.  Mobile Crisis Response teams also carry naloxone and are trained on the administration when necessary.

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