"A calming, safe alternative to inpatient care, Deer Run is for short stays, stabilization or step-down to independence."

Deer Run provides residential care and supervision, as well as counseling and case management to persons in crisis, or those returning to independent living after an in-patient stay. According to Laurie Cyr-Martel, Manager of Crisis Services for Tri-County, the people most appropriate for referral:

• are in a mental health crisis and need security, but not inpatient care.
• may need time after a hospital stay to readjust to independent living.
• are 18 years or older and can care for their own physical needs.
• are free of serious medical problems or infectious diseases.

“It may be someone struggling with grief who cannot stay alone. It may be someone whose antidepressant medication needs to be adjusted, or it may be someone who has been hospitalized and needs to have community based services lined up before they can be fully independent again,” she explains.

Services available are: 

• Brief, Solution-focused Counseling
• Psychiatrist Oversight
• Nursing Care
• Case management
• Coordination with other Providers
• Health & Wellness Education
• 24-Hour staffing skilled professional and medical personnel.

For Direct Referrals, Call TCMHS Crisis

207-783-4680