COUNTY PROVIDES CRISIS MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

   January 29, 2009                                                                                                       For Immediate Release

 

COUNTY PROVIDES CRISIS MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health provides crisis support and management following tragedies similar to the Wilmington family shootings that took place yesterday, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.   

 

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Department’s ACCESS Center provides phone access to a licensed mental health professional able to provide vital information on services, referrals, dispatch, and crisis and mobile response teams. 

 

The County’s Department of Mental Health’s ACCESS Center’s toll free phone number is (800) 854-7771. 

 

 

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