Friday, 1:45 - 2:45

Providing Best Services to Chronic Alcoholics

Location: Congressional B This panel features two models for services to chronic alcoholics: the Serial Inebriate Program, which diverts chronic homeless inebriates out of hospital emergency rooms and jail and into treatment, case management, and a permanent medical home, while saving millions of dollars annual; and San Francisco's Sobering Center, initiated to decrease the impact of intoxicated clients individually and within emergency departments and in the community. Introductory level. Presented by:  Terry Aperule, CATC, Mental Health Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA; John Liening, San Diego Police Department, San Diego, CA; Deni McLagan, CATC, Mental Health Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA; Shannon Smith, RN, MSN, Medical Respite and Sobering Center, San Francisco, CA; Michelle Schneidermann, MD, San Francisco Department of Public Health Medical Respite, San Francisco, CA. Materials: Materials not posted at presenters' request