crisis center
a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
an office, building, agency, etc., serving as a central point for receiving information and coordinating action during a disaster or emergency.
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How to use crisis center in a sentence
All patrol officers should be trained in crisis intervention, the panel recommended, and the country mental health crisis center should be open at all times as an alternative to jail.
Arlington debates implementing a police review board with teeth | Rachel Weiner | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostHe also served as a volunteer at a crisis center in Bethesda, where he met his second wife, Ruth Simon, who was a widow.
Frank Anderson, 87, cared passionately about feeding the homeless in D.C. | Dana Hedgpeth | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostDuring a particularly bad period last year, they had rushed to a crisis center — afraid Christian might hurt himself.
For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic. | William Wan | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostShe had called a hotline, but the local crisis center only had 16 psychiatric beds for teens and all were full.
For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic. | William Wan | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostBut some are irked by the extensive political posturing around rape, notably survivors and rape-crisis-center workers.
Richard Mourdock’s Comment Furthers Use of Rape to Win Election, Advocates Charge | Allison Yarrow | October 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But a crisis center referred me to Larkin Street Youth Center, an organization for the newly diagnosed, like me.
“Set up a crisis center right now,” he said, according to an unpublished memo declassified last month.
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