AOES is comprised of outpatient, emergency and substance abuse treatment services.

Outpatient Services are designed to treat persons who are suffering significant psychological stress and symptoms in their lives. These services include individual, group and family therapy; parent and community education; and consultation with schools, physicians, etc. Outpatient service-staff work with individuals and/or families to help with a variety of problems including anxiety, depression, obsessions and compulsions, and post-traumatic stress disorder. At times, Outpatient Services staff may also provide crisis intervention and emergency evaluation for psychiatric hospitalization.

Emergency services is a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week service for persons who may need short-term, time-limited services including: clinical assessment face to face, telephone clinical screening, triage, crisis stabilization, brief treatment, crisis case management, emergency evaluation for hospitalization, psychiatric assessment, and others. These services are intended to appropriately triage clients based on clinical need to effective treatment programs in the least restrictive setting. Services are provided by psychiatrists, clinical nurse specialists, registered nurses, and/or case managers, through a supportive relationship(s) and to promote the individual’s recovery.

For those clients assessed as needing short-term, problem solving, solution-focused crisis intervention, a time-limited resource exists within ES. Activities of crisis intervention include assistance for referrals for shelter, food, and medical care, legal advocacy, referral for substance abuse intervention, transportation, and others.