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The crisis team as part of comprehensive local services

Bexley Hospital, Kent, previously senior registrar, Mental Health Advice Centre, Lewisham

Susan Cope, Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer (UMDS)^*

Mental Health Advice Centre, 1 Southbrook Road, London SE12 8LH

Janet Smith, Community Mental Health Nurse

Mental Health Advice Centre

Roger Smith, Principal Psychologist

Mental Health Advice Centre

Correspondence: ^* Correspondence

An attempt to categorise the nature of the work done by an inner city crisis intervention service (CIS) which is part of a comprehensive community mental health service is described. The work of the CIS as it relates to models of crisis intervention recognised in the literature is outlined. The role of this CIS in providing additional intermittent support to individuals receiving long-term community care is commended.