New Jersey’s first Crisis Receiving Stabilization Center recently opened in Rutgers-Newark

New Jersey’s first Crisis Receiving Stabilization Center recently opened in Rutgers-Newark. It is part of the state’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline continuum of crisis services, and the Newark location marks the first of five centers. It will provide behavioral health care for adults ages 18+, specifically to alleviate crisis and reduce symptoms. Center admission is voluntary. It will be staffed 24 hours each day with a prescriber, registered nurse, clinician, behavioral health technician, and peer recovery specialist. It is located in the Behavioral Health Sciences Building, 183 South Orange Ave. Services are open to all people, regardless of insurance.

From Patch Newark.