Bellevue Hospital Center, which has operated a pilot AOT program for the past fours years, will continue serving Manhattan. Each of these hospitals will have facility-based staff as well as two mobile teams. While the State centers and the voluntary hospitals may carry out investigations and go through the court process with respect to their own patients, independent of the City, the treatment plans they prepare must be approved by the appropriate City AOT staff. Research shows that the vast majority of people with serious mental illness pose no threat of any kind to anyone. Their goal is recovery and a normal productive life.
Treatment does work.
Callers are also directed to the appropriate HHC facility serving the borough in which the person for whom the court order is being sought resides.