Lynn Nanos

So I am a mobile psychiatric emergency social worker in Massachusetts. I am in my 15th year of full-time work, and previously I worked as for another emergency services agency for two years. So all in all, that's many years of doing mobile crisis work in which I assess people who are in crisis and determine whether they need to be hospitalized.

So I am a mobile psychiatric emergency social worker in Massachusetts. I am in my 15th year of full-time work, and previously I worked as for another emergency services agency for two years. So all in all, that's many years of doing mobile crisis work in which I assess people who are in crisis and determine whether they need to be hospitalized.

So I am a mobile psychiatric emergency social worker in Massachusetts. I am in my 15th year of full-time work, and previously I worked as for another emergency services agency for two years. So all in all, that's many years of doing mobile crisis work in which I assess people who are in crisis and determine whether they need to be hospitalized.

And if they don't need to be hospitalized, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. I'm an LICSW, which is Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and that gives me the ability to authorize involuntary transfers to the hospital for people who are unsafe.

And if they don't need to be hospitalized, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. I'm an LICSW, which is Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and that gives me the ability to authorize involuntary transfers to the hospital for people who are unsafe.

And if they don't need to be hospitalized, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. I'm an LICSW, which is Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and that gives me the ability to authorize involuntary transfers to the hospital for people who are unsafe.

Some cases involve referrals from police officers, and other cases don't involve the police. So it really varies.

Some cases involve referrals from police officers, and other cases don't involve the police. So it really varies.

Some cases involve referrals from police officers, and other cases don't involve the police. So it really varies.

Well, I do a psychiatric evaluation with the police and I try to divert them away from the criminal justice system from being arrested. I can authorize involuntary holds. which in Massachusetts is called a Section 12. And if the person in crisis is out of control and uncooperative and not willing to go to the hospital, the police can help to, along with me, persuade them

Well, I do a psychiatric evaluation with the police and I try to divert them away from the criminal justice system from being arrested. I can authorize involuntary holds. which in Massachusetts is called a Section 12. And if the person in crisis is out of control and uncooperative and not willing to go to the hospital, the police can help to, along with me, persuade them

Well, I do a psychiatric evaluation with the police and I try to divert them away from the criminal justice system from being arrested. I can authorize involuntary holds. which in Massachusetts is called a Section 12. And if the person in crisis is out of control and uncooperative and not willing to go to the hospital, the police can help to, along with me, persuade them

the person to agree to hospitalization. They use restraint as a last resort, and I typically don't see people being restrained because we can usually persuade them to agree to the hospitalization, but occasionally they have to be forcibly restrained.

the person to agree to hospitalization. They use restraint as a last resort, and I typically don't see people being restrained because we can usually persuade them to agree to the hospitalization, but occasionally they have to be forcibly restrained.

the person to agree to hospitalization. They use restraint as a last resort, and I typically don't see people being restrained because we can usually persuade them to agree to the hospitalization, but occasionally they have to be forcibly restrained.

I don't have anything to do with medication. The medication occurs at the hospital setting, like after they're transported to the hospital.

I don't have anything to do with medication. The medication occurs at the hospital setting, like after they're transported to the hospital.

I don't have anything to do with medication. The medication occurs at the hospital setting, like after they're transported to the hospital.

Well, I've always been most invigorated by helping the sickest of the sick, the people who are least functional. I really enjoy helping people. I always found it really, you know, tragically ironic that the people who are most sick seem to be the least helped by the government. They seem to be the most underserved people. And this motivates me to want to help them.

Well, I've always been most invigorated by helping the sickest of the sick, the people who are least functional. I really enjoy helping people. I always found it really, you know, tragically ironic that the people who are most sick seem to be the least helped by the government. They seem to be the most underserved people. And this motivates me to want to help them.