My experience with it was limited. I called the local help number twice. The first time they sent just one trained cop, he was older and calm and did help. The second time it was a young untrained cop who was nervous and decided I needed to be in the hospital. The mental healthcare over all changed for the better though. They got two more locations, more psychiatrists and had social workers assigned that made home visits. It’s hard to quantify how it changed but their attitude did change. It wasn’t big brother anymore or you will take the pills I give you or be hospitalized. It was more Input from the consumer. Their language ( consumer not ill person or patient) changed and it was more of a partnership.

I had quit the old treatment program and for years had no meds. I was working with a therapist though my new back then Medicare advanced provider, but they had no psychiatrists on it that were accepting new patients. My therapist found a place to prescribe but they put me on AD and I got worse. My therapist agreed with me that ADs were wrong for me. After I had my last really bad depression and that changed into mixed I reached out in desperation and they had changed. They listened to me and agreed no ADs. They also agreed no hospital. It was more a partnership than a dictatorship.