LifeSkills CSU provides
a place to stay and stabilize circumstances, emotions,
and/or chemistry for people with severe mental illness
such as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders,
schizophrenia, and other serious and chronic mental
illnesses. Professionals work together with and
encourage consumers and family members to resolve issues
and situations that may have contributed to the crisis.
Services are provided in a supportive environment without
leaving the community or entering a hospital. Each
resident is evaluated by mental health professionals
and is involved in the development of his or her own
personal treatment plan.
Treatment
options include:
» individual
and group counseling
» medication
evaluation and supervision
» family
intervention
» assessment
of daily living skills
» skills
training activities
» follow-up
services
For more information, call (270) 901-5000 ext. 1301.
When children are in crisis, the entire
family is affected. The CCSU is a temporary and safe place
that provides crisis stabilizations services for children
and their families. CCSU is a 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week
unit with services available to children who are seen as
being "at risk" of out-of-home placement, including psychiatric
hospitalization. The major functions of the CCSU include:
»providing
stabilization services to children in crisis that will
assist them in their return to
a pre-crisis level of functioning »assisting
children and family members in resolving issues/situations that may have
precipitated the crisis, and
»providing
linkages with community services in order to facilitate an increase in community
tenure.
Services provided at CCSU are supportive as well as empowering while providing
adequate information and services to maintain a continuity of care after discharge.
We treat our
The children and families in our care are treated with dignity, respect, honesty,
integrity, affirmation, trust, kindness and cheerfulness.
Some of our key services include:
»Needs assessments
»Medication evaluation and monitoring
»Individual, group, and Family interventions
»Access to Day Treatment Programs
»Educational groups and activities
»Case Management services
»A safe and secure environment
»Access to inpatient services as needed » Access to individual and group peer support
» Follow up and referral
Emergency crisis intervention
specialists are available by telephone 24-hours per
day to provide crisis counseling and referral services
to people throughout our ten-county Barren River Area
Development District. The purpose of this program is
telephone crisis intervention, and may include immediate
counseling, either over the telephone, or on a face-to-face
basis for those who walk in. Crisis intervention focuses
on such problems as potential suicide, drug intoxication,
family violence, loneliness, substance abuse, food
shortage, inadequate housing, and the inability to
locate some other desired services.
270-843-HELP
(843-4357) in Warren County 1-800-223-8913 outside Warren County
The purpose of this program is to keep people who are mentally ill and in psychiatric
crisis from incarceration as a result of their mental illness. As outlined in
Kentucky Revised Statutes 202A and 202B: clients suffering from a severe and
persistent mental illness and in psychiatric crisis are to be evaluated by a
Qualified Mental Health Professional.
This program serves the ten-county, Barren River Area Development District.
This program is designed to assist consumers over the age of 18 with transitional
or emergency housing needs until permanent housing can be obtained. Consumers
accessing this program must have a case manager. Only referrals from case managers
or Crisis Stabilization Unit staff are accepted. Rent is based upon 30% of the
tenant's income.
Wrap-around funds may be utilized for those individuals who have no income. The
maximum length of stay in these units is 30 days with extensions granted in situations
where a longer stay is necessary. Extensions are granted only to those tenants
who are compliant with treatment. The Crisis Stabilization Unit provides minimal
supervision as well as access to telephones and laundry facilities.
The Mobile Acute Crisis (MAC) team
is one of three components of the Crisis Response System.
It operates 24-hours-per-day, 7-days-per-week (including
holidays) to provide services for individuals experiencing
an emotional or psychiatric crisis. Team members are
comprised of professional volunteers within LifeSkills.
Teams rotate weekly and are accessible between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7:30
a.m. Requests during regular business hours are received by the staff of the
Crisis Stabilization Unit. Three teams of volunteers cover this region. The
MAC team can be accessed by an individual or referral source calling the HELP-Line
or the CSU. One or two members will be dispatched to an approved interview
sight to evaluate the mental status and lethality of
the consumer. In addition, the team will assist consumers
and family members in resolving issues that may have
precipitated the crisis, as well as provide linkages
with community services in order to facilitate and increase
community tenure. Services are rendered in a supportive
and empowering manner.
LifeSkills offers affordable solutions to companies that experience financial
difficulties as a result of rising healthcare costs, high turnover, low productivity,
and high retraining expenses. Resources are available to provide supervisory
training and consultation, employee education, retreatment evaluation, diagnosis,
referral, treatment, and follow-up services. Confidential counseling services
assist employees in overcoming many types of job interferences that may be caused
by:
»depression »stress »divorce »grief and loss »marriage and family difficulties »anxiety »substance abuse
Available treatment options include:
» individual and group therapy
» couples and family therapy
» 24-hour emergency services
» substance abuse services
Individuals and families affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse can live with dignity, respect and hope, making responsible life choices.
