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The police and mental health.
Lamb HR, Weinberger LE, DeCuir WJ Jr. Lamb HR, et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Oct;53(10):1266-71. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.10.1266. Psychiatr Serv. 2002. PMID: 12364674 Review.
The police often fulfill the role of gatekeeper in deciding whether a person with mental illness who has come to their attention should enter the mental health system or the criminal justice system. ...The authors describe a variety of mobile crisis te …
The police often fulfill the role of gatekeeper in deciding whether a person with mental illness who has come to their attenti …
Contact Between Police and People With Mental Disorders: A Review of Rates.
Livingston JD. Livingston JD. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Aug 1;67(8):850-7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500312. Epub 2016 Apr 15. Psychiatr Serv. 2016. PMID: 27079990 Review.
The goal of this study was to estimate the rates of police arrests among people with mental disorders, police involvement in pathways to mental health care, and police calls for service involving persons with mental disorder …
The goal of this study was to estimate the rates of police arrests among people with mental disorders, police involveme …
Police interactions and interventions with suspects flagged as experiencing mental health problems.
Kane E, Evans E, Mitsch J, Jilani T, Quinlan P, Cattell J, Khalifa N. Kane E, et al. Crim Behav Ment Health. 2018 Oct;28(5):424-432. doi: 10.1002/cbm.2078. Epub 2018 May 16. Crim Behav Ment Health. 2018. PMID: 29767436
BACKGROUND: Interactions between individuals experiencing mental health (MH) problems and the police are complex, and effectiveness of innovative support and diversion models in England and Wales not yet fully evaluated. ...Serial cross-sectional analysis of …
BACKGROUND: Interactions between individuals experiencing mental health (MH) problems and the police are complex, and e …
Police use of TASER devices in mental health emergencies: a review.
O'Brien AJ, Thom K. O'Brien AJ, et al. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014 Jul-Aug;37(4):420-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.014. Epub 2014 Mar 20. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014. PMID: 24656744 Review.
The proliferation of TASER devices among police forces internationally has been accompanied by concerns about injuries and health effects, and about the use of TASER devices on vulnerable populations such as people with mental illness. TASER devices have gene …
The proliferation of TASER devices among police forces internationally has been accompanied by concerns about injuries and health
Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 - Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses.
Wondemaghen M. Wondemaghen M. Med Sci Law. 2021 Oct;61(4):266-274. doi: 10.1177/0025802421993363. Epub 2021 Feb 18. Med Sci Law. 2021. PMID: 33599166
Ideological shifts in mental health-care policy such as deinstitutionalisation have meant police have had to make decisions about the care of persons with a mental-health crisis. ...Qualitative interviews with 30 police officers an …
Ideological shifts in mental health-care policy such as deinstitutionalisation have meant police have had to make decis …
Mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system: some perspectives.
Lamb HR, Weinberger LE, Gross BH. Lamb HR, et al. Psychiatr Q. 2004 Summer;75(2):107-26. doi: 10.1023/b:psaq.0000019753.63627.2c. Psychiatr Q. 2004. PMID: 15168834 Review.
There is an increasing number of severely mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system. This article first discusses the criminalization of persons with severe mental illness and its causes, the role of the police and mental
There is an increasing number of severely mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system. This article first discu …
Interactions between Police and Persons Who Experience Homelessness and Mental Illness in Toronto, Canada: Findings from a Prospective Study.
Kouyoumdjian FG, Wang R, Mejia-Lancheros C, Owusu-Bempah A, Nisenbaum R, O'Campo P, Stergiopoulos V, Hwang SW. Kouyoumdjian FG, et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2019 Oct;64(10):718-725. doi: 10.1177/0706743719861386. Epub 2019 Jun 27. Can J Psychiatry. 2019. PMID: 31248276 Free PMC article.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe interactions between police and persons who experience homelessness and serious mental illness and explore whether housing status is associated with police interactions. ...Of 518 occurrences, 41.1% were for victimizatio …
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe interactions between police and persons who experience homelessness and serious mental
Persons with severe mental illness in jails and prisons: a review.
Lamb HR, Weinberger LE. Lamb HR, et al. Psychiatr Serv. 1998 Apr;49(4):483-92. doi: 10.1176/ps.49.4.483. Psychiatr Serv. 1998. PMID: 9550238 Review.
Factors cited as causes of mentally ill persons' being placed in the criminal justice system are deinstitutionalization, more rigid criteria for civil commitment, lack of adequate community support for persons with mental illness, mentally
Factors cited as causes of mentally ill persons' being placed in the criminal justice system are deinstitutionalization …
Decriminalizing mental illness: specialized policing responses.
Dempsey C, Quanbeck C, Bush C, Kruger K. Dempsey C, et al. CNS Spectr. 2020 Apr;25(2):181-195. doi: 10.1017/S1092852919001640. Epub 2019 Nov 29. CNS Spectr. 2020. PMID: 31779722 Review.
De-institutionalization of mental health patients has evolved, over nearly 3 generations now, to a status quo of mental health patients experiencing myriad contacts with first-responders, primarily police, in lieu of care. ...There have also bee …
De-institutionalization of mental health patients has evolved, over nearly 3 generations now, to a status quo of mental
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