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Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Images (ANTIOCH, C.A.) — More than three years after watching her brother die in an encounter with police at ... Read more
“Not every injured person is reflected in a police report—but they are coming to the emergency department. Crisis resources especially have to be a piece of how we plan [our …
Kids Helpline has disclosed a significant increase in crisis interventions involving children and young people reaching out for support, particularly […]
The front lines aren’t filled with scrubs and soothing voices, but with guns and badges. And that can lead to tragic outcomes. But some are trying new tactics.
For the first time, teachers in a nationwide study have told researchers what strategies they think work best to deal with student violence against educators.
A Montana treatment center is one of two places in the U.S. offering long-term residential behavioral treatment for kids as young as 4. Now, administrators say it might have to close.
Editors Note: This is the third article in a series about mental health and policing in a rural community.
National Suicide Prevention Week to raise awareness about suicide prevention is Sept. 10-16 and in just one year since the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, there were
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Suicide. A word no one ever wants to hear. The feeling of hopelessness and despair.
Over the past few decades, a growing number of jurisdictions have adopted law enforcement and mental health collaboration to provide a coordinated response to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Fairfax County's Co-Responder Program is a partnership between the Police Department and the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB).
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is a model for other agencies that want to learn about crisis intervention and mental health crisis response. Sgt. Jose Gomez shares the story of their programs and provides 10 tips for mental health crisis call response
This is day one of the Erie Police Department's recently revived crisis intervention unit.
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Crisis Intervention Training is being implemented in many police departments across the country.
Is the best way to help those struggling with suicidal urges to change a system?
Beyond crisis intervention.
Policy provides free emergency healthcare for eligible veterans and certain former servicemembers in acute suicide crisis.
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline makes life-saving mental health services and support available to anyone, anywhere in the United States.
Assisting someone struggling with self-harm requires empathy, patience, and understanding. TheHealthSite.com
Collaboration between EMS and community resources is key to creating a stronger network of mental health crisis response
Interpreting the latest suicide data.
In the first year of 9-8-8, New York has received well over 185,000 calls routed directly to the state’s 9-8-8 Contact Centers. This is nearly a 30-percent increase in annual call volume.
The shift towards non-police responses to mental health and other calls for service after the George Floyd protests is consequential.
Area law enforcement officers, security guards and first responders met Friday morning at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital for a final seminar in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training.
It’s a major milestone for New Orleans. For the first time, teams of professionally trained mental health intervention specialists took to the streets to respond to calls for people in crisis on Thursday.
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How Crisis Intervention Training is helping police respond to mental crisis calls
Better response to crisis
Please also review AIHCP's Crisis Intervention Program