Adult Mental Health

Mental health services are provided to assist adults with serious and persistent mental illness to:

Achieve their maximum level of self-sufficiency within individual capabilities
Continue to reside in or near their home community
Access supportive and therapeutic services designed to meet their individual needs

This is accomplished through the implementation of recovery principles.

Accessing Services

You, or a representative who can speak on your behalf, can request Adult Mental Health Case Management by completing and submitting the HHS Service Request Form or by calling the Sherburne County Intake Line at 763-765-4000 and choosing option 3. Professionals can also make referrals through one of these two options.

Referrals

Referrals come from individuals, families, friends, therapists, treatment centers and hospitals. For purposes of case management and community support services, a "person with serious and persistent mental illness" means an adult who has a mental illness and meets at least one of the following criteria:

The adult has undergone two or more episodes of inpatient care for a mental illness within the preceding 24 months
The adult has experienced a continuous psychiatric hospitalization or residential treatment exceeding six months duration within the preceding 12 months
The adult has been treated by a crisis team two or more times with the preceding 24 months
The adult:
1. Has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, or borderline personality disorder
2. Demonstrates a significant impairment in functioning
3. Has a written opinion from a mental health professional in the last three years, stating that the adult is reasonably likely to have future episodes requiring inpatient or residential treatment, unless ongoing case management or community support services are provided
The adult has, in the last three years, been committed by a court as a person who is mentally ill, or the adult's commitment has been stayed or continued
The adult received Rule 79 Children’s Mental Health case management services as a child, is age 21 or younger, and a mental health professional states it is reasonably likely the individual will have future episodes requiring inpatient or residential treatment unless ongoing case management or community support services are provided.