The Police and Mental Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23345753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Richard Lamb (University of Southern California), Linda E Weinberger (0000-0003-3393-7150), Walter J DeCuir |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1266-1271 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychiatric Services (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-2730 • E-ISSN: 1557-9700 |
| Publisher | American Psychiatric Association Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1176/appi.ps.53.10.1266 |
| PMID | 12364674 |
| OpenAlex | W2097310458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 91 |
| References cited | 39 |
With deinstitutionalization and the influx into the community of persons with severe mental illness, the police have become frontline professionals who manage these persons when they are in crisis. This article examines and comments on the issues raised by this phenomenon as it affects both the law enforcement and mental health systems. Two common-law principles provide the rationale for the police to take responsibility for persons with mental illness: their power and authority to protect the safety and welfare of the community, and their parens patriae obligations to protect individuals with disabilities. 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. Criminalization may result if this role is not performed appropriately. The authors describe a variety of mobile crisis teams composed of police, mental health professionals, or both. The need for police officers to have training in recognizing mental illness and knowing how to access mental health resources is emphasized. Collaboration between the law enforcement and mental health systems is crucial, and the very different areas of expertise of each should be recognized and should not be confused.
Criminal justice · Criminalization · Criminology · Law enforcement · Mental health · Mental health law · Mental illness · Political science · Psychiatry · Therapeutic jurisprudence · Variety (cybernetics) · Law · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Community Mental Health Centers’ Roles in Depolicing Medicine
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Police Interactions with the Mentally Ill
Police Interactions with the Mentally Ill
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Trends in police research
The nature of police involvement in mental health transfers
Gender and Mental Health
Deflecting people experiencing a mental health crisis from the criminal-legal system at dispatch
Emergency medical services and “psych calls”
Crime Victimization in Adults With Severe Mental Illness
Labeling and Stigma
Psychiatric Disorders and Repeat Incarcerations
Stigma
Use of the Sequential Intercept Model as an Approach to Decriminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness
Deaths Due to Use of Lethal Force by Law Enforcement
Costs and Savings Associated With the Police Use of the interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener
Mental Health of the Prison Medical Workers (PMWs) and Influencing Factors in Jiangxi, China
Increasing Mental Health Literacy in Law Enforcement to Improve Best Practices in Policing—Introduction of an Empirically Derived, Modular, Differentiated, and End-User Driven Training Design
Mental Health in the UK Police Force
Procedural Justice and Therapeutic Frameworks for Police Interactions with Migrant Populations Experiencing Forced Labour
Insights and risk factors of involuntary hospitalizations through a retrospective analysis of police records
The Effect of a Death-in-Police-Custody Incident on Community Reliance on the Police
Implementation and evaluation of a juvenile mental health training for law enforcement in a medium‐sized jurisdiction
Individual liberty, safety and police liabilities under the mental health (care and treatment) act
Using the interRAI brief mental health screener to identify persons with mental disorders having repeat contact with police
Subject injury and police use of force in mental health crises
Individual factors associated with recidivism among mental health court program clients
Policing and mental health
‘Defunding the police’
Greenness, Deprivation, and Fatal Police Shootings
Examining Parent-Child Contact Practices Among Incarcerated Parents With Mental Health Illnesses
Reframing Mental Health Crisis Response
Service User Perceptions of Mental Health Emergency Response in New York City
Law enforcement response to mental health crises
An exploration of attitudes and support needs of police officer negotiators involved in suicide negotiation
Trends in Police Research
Policing and the mentally ill in China
Police use of force training
Law enforcement’s response to crime reporting by people with disabilities
Tailoring the police response to people with mental illness to community characteristics in the USA
Crisis Intervention Teams may prevent arrests of people with mental illnesses
Police Responses to Persons with Mental Illness
Schizophrenia
Are western community psychiatric models suitable for China? An examination of cultural and socio-economic foundations of western community psychiatry models using assertive community treatment as an example
Public mental health facility closures and criminal justice contact in Chicago
Diverting 911 calls
Policing and street triage
I feel like I failed him by ringing the police’
The impact of police training in mental health
Improving police interventions during mental health-related encounters
A disproportional increase in lower priority mental health-related calls to New Zealand Police between 2009 and 2016
Conceptual divides and practice synergies in law enforcement and public health
Mind the gap
From the street corner to call centre
Exploring police response and interaction with people with mental illness in Guyana
Investigating police officers' perceptions of their role in pathways to mental healthcare
Exploration of joint working practices on anti-social behaviour between criminal justice, mental health and social care agencies
Police-mental health co-response versus police-as-usual response to behavioral health emergencies
Les Tribunaux de santé mentale
Projet ÉCHINOPS
Role of Law Enforcement Agencies in Suicide Prevention
Evaluation of a Mental Health Liaison Program at a Small Police Department
Comparison of Mental Health Literacy between Criminal Justice Students and Police Academy Cadets
Community and police officer attitudes towards offenders with mental health conditions
Focal concerns in coroners' reports
Law Enforcement Officers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Use of Suicide Intervention Behaviors
Policing and care in mental health crisis response
Community and Health Professionals’ Attitude Toward Depression
Understanding the concept of ‘demand’ in policing
Austerity and governance
Effect of Police Training and Accountability on the Mental Health of African American Adults
For law enforcement purposes
Ambiguous calls
The impact of agency context, policies, and practices on violence against police
Police Response to Domestic Violence
Psychiatric Hospital Capacity, Homelessness, and Crime and Arrest Rates
Reducing Violent Incidents between Police Officers and People with Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorders
Toward an Abolitionist Practice of Psychology
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs in Rural Communities
Beliefs about Causes of Schizophrenia among Police Officers Before and After Crisis Intervention Team Training
Understanding Factors Associated with 911 and 988 Use in Mental Health Crises
Attitudes of Community-Leading Occupational Groups Towards Mental Illnesses
Reframing Mental Health Ethics
Development and Validation of the Mental Health Attitude Survey for Police
An Evaluation of a Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Team in a Small Canadian Police Service
Analysis of Police Intake Data of First-Time and Repeat Runaway Youth
Misdiagnosing medicalization
How Long Does Madness Take? Time and the Construction of Mental Illness in Community Mental Health Work
Évaluation d’une équipe mobile de médiation et intervention sociale
Technological Innovation and Police Officers' Understanding and Use of Force
Some Perspectives on Deinstitutionalization
Comparing Outcomes of Major Models of Police Responses to Mental Health Emergencies
Persons With Severe Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons
Policing Mental Disorder
Police-referred psychiatric emergencies
Crisis Intervention in Law Enforcement
Police Discretion in Emergency Apprehension of Mentally Ill Persons
| Unique citing works | 91 |
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| Citations per year | 4,33 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 81 |