Psychiatric Disposition of Patients Brought in by Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers

Strauss, Gordon D.; Glenn, Mark A.; Reddi, Padma; Afaq, Irfan; Podolskaya, Anna; Rybakova, Tatyana; Saeed, Osman; Shah, Vital; Singh, Baljit; Skinner, Andrew; El‐Mallakh, Rif S.

doi:10.1007/s10597-005-2658-5

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“…16 More than half of the MHCU's in this study were under 35 years of age. This is similar to studies by Way, et al 8 who reported a mean age of 34 years and Strauss, et al 17 who reported a mean age of 37.4 years. Stein, et al 18 reported that South Africa has a particularly high lifetime prevalence of substance use disorders and that these disorders have an early age of onset (mean age 24yrs), possibly contributing to the above findings.…”

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confidence: 91%

The outcome of Mental Health Care Users admitted under Section 40 of the South African Mental Health Care Act (No 17 of 2002)

Jonsson¹,

Moosa²,

Jeenah³

et al. 2013

Afr. J. Psych

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

The outcome of Mental Health Care Users admitted under Section 40 of the South African Mental Health Care Act (No 17 of 2002)

Jonsson¹,

Moosa²,

Jeenah³

et al. 2013

Afr. J. Psych

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“…Third, this survey focused only on beliefs about causes of schizophrenia. Although research suggests that CIT officers may be more likely to interact with individuals with schizophrenia than those with mood disorders (Strauss et al 2005), causal beliefs, knowledge, and attitudinal changes related to other psychiatric illnesses should be similarly assessed.…”

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Beliefs about Causes of Schizophrenia among Police Officers Before and After Crisis Intervention Team Training

Demir

Compton

2009

Community Ment Health J

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This study examined the ways in which beliefs about the causes of schizophrenia change after crisis intervention team (CIT) training of police officers. Comparisons of pre- and post-training scores from 159 officers revealed a decrease in endorsement of items pertaining to personal/family/social stressors and items inconsistent with contemporary conceptions of risk, as well as an increase in endorsement of items consistent with modern biological conceptions of the causation of schizophrenia. Changes in causal beliefs were associated with personal and family history of psychiatric treatment among officers. Findings indicate a need for further research in this area, and suggest that some characteristics of officers may be associated with an increased capacity for knowledge/attitudinal change during CIT training.

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“…Research suggests that officers transporting individuals to crisis centers typically make accurate judgments on the need for mental health care (Strauss et al 2005). After the officers described the call, we asked them a series of questions about how the subject came to their attention; characteristics of the subject; the subject's level of resistance; officer's use of force; injuries to the officer and subject; other situational characteristics; the outcome of the call; perception of mental health system resources if used; and officer use of skills in the call.…”

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Outcomes of Police Contacts with Persons with Mental Illness: The impact of CIT

Watson

Ottati

Morabito

et al. 2009

Adm Policy Ment Health

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The Crisis intervention team model (CIT) is possibly the most well known and widely adopted model to improve police response to persons with mental illness. A primary goal of CIT programs is to divert individuals with mental illness from the criminal justice system to mental health services. In this paper we examine the effectiveness of fielding CIT trained and supported officers for influencing call outcomes using data from patrol officers (n = 112) in four Chicago Police districts. Results from regression analysis indicate that CIT certified officers directed a greater proportion of persons with mental illness to mental health services than their Non-CIT certified peers. CIT did not have an immediate effect on arrest. Moderator analysis indicates that CIT had its biggest effect on increasing direction to services and decreasing "contact only" among officers who have a positive view of mental health services and who know a person with mental illness in their personal life. Additional moderators of the CIT effect on call outcomes include level of resistance and the presence of a weapon. Findings from this study have important implications for policy, practice and future research.

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Psychiatric Disposition of Patients Brought in by Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers

Abstract: CIT officers appear to do a good job at identifying patients in need of psychiatric care.

Cited by 67 publications

References 5 publications

The outcome of Mental Health Care Users admitted under Section 40 of the South African Mental Health Care Act (No 17 of 2002)

The outcome of Mental Health Care Users admitted under Section 40 of the South African Mental Health Care Act (No 17 of 2002)

Beliefs about Causes of Schizophrenia among Police Officers Before and After Crisis Intervention Team Training

Outcomes of Police Contacts with Persons with Mental Illness: The impact of CIT

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