As such, mental health services that are offered should take into consideration specific gender needs. This study examined the availability of mental health services for female police officers and their experiences when contemplating participation in such services. In this qualitative ...
CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily)— For the first time ever, the Chandler Police Department will offer mental health care while officers are on duty. Last week, the Chandler City Council approved funding to add in-house mental health care at the police station in downtown Chandler. ...
This survey study assesses the prevalence of mental illness and mental health care use among police officers at a large, urban police department in the US.
Police officers, firefighters, and emergency services personnel are the first ones to arrive at the scene of an emergency. Often, they have no idea what they’ll encounter when they get there or what steps they will need to take. They have to assess the situation on the spot, make immedia...
"We are armed social workers": Maine Police Officers' Perspectives on Mental Health Services Deinstitutionalization, reduction of funding for mental health services, political shifts, and managed care constraints have had tremendous impact on peopl... BA Wiktor - 《Dissertations & Theses Gradworks》 ...
The results here shown are part of an action-research that aimed to elaborate, apply and evaluate a pilot project for contributing to the mental health of Rio de Janeiro police officers. This research comprises both quantitative and qualitative approaches in an ex-ante and ex-post evaluation patt...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Senate committee has approved legislation that would establish an alert system to dispatch mental health providers along with police to help stabilize people in crisis situations, a move prompted by the police killing of a high school teacher in Richmond police ...
Significant role-by-label interaction effects were found for the responsibility, pity, and credibility subscales. Police officers viewed persons with schizophrenia as being less responsible for their situation, more worthy of help, and more dangerous than persons for whom no mental illness information ...
who come into contact with people who have mental health issues. There may be some short term change in behaviour for the trainees, but longer term follow up is needed. Research evaluating training for UK police officers is needed in which a number of methodological issues need to be ...
Alternative crisis response that excludes police is the long-term goal to address mental health crises, according to one mental health advocate.