US Medical Term · clinical
Mobile Crisis Team
Equipo Móvil de Crisis
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Mobile Crisis Team |
| Spanish (Español) | Equipo Móvil de Crisis |
| Chinese (中文) | 移动危机小组 |
| Korean (한국어) | 이동식 위기 대응 팀 |
| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | Đội ứng phó khủng hoảng di động |
| Filipino (Tagalog) | Mobile Crisis Team |
| Portuguese (Português) | Equipe móvel de crise |
| Thai (ภาษาไทย) | ทีมวิกฤตเคลื่อนที่ |
| Japanese (日本語) | 移動型クライシスチーム |
What it means
A Mobile Crisis Team is a community-based mental health service that dispatches trained clinicians—social workers, counselors, or peer support specialists—directly to a person experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, often as an alternative or complement to law enforcement response. Teams typically respond through 988 (the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or local crisis lines. They assess the situation, de-escalate, and connect the person to treatment or community resources, helping avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or police involvement. Federal Medicaid funding now supports mobile crisis services in many states. Calling 988 first can often get a crisis team to your location faster than calling 911.
How to say it
Sentences a patient might use with a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or insurer:
mobile mental health crisis team
equipo móvil de crisis de salud mental
988 crisis response team dispatch
despacho de equipo de respuesta de crisis al 988
community crisis responders
respondedores comunitarios de crisis
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Last reviewed: September 2026