crisis center

noun

1. a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
2. an office, building, agency, etc., serving as a central point for receiving information and coordinating action during a disaster or emergency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crisis center¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

He also served as a volunteer at a crisis center in Bethesda, where he met his second wife, Ruth Simon, who was a widow.

From Washington Post

During a particularly bad period last year, they had rushed to a crisis center — afraid Christian might hurt himself.

From Washington Post

She had called a hotline, but the local crisis center only had 16 psychiatric beds for teens and all were full.

From Washington Post

But some are irked by the extensive political posturing around rape, notably survivors and rape-crisis-center workers.

From The Daily Beast

But a crisis center referred me to Larkin Street Youth Center, an organization for the newly diagnosed, like me.

From The Daily Beast

“Set up a crisis center right now,” he said, according to an unpublished memo declassified last month.

From The Daily Beast