Crisis intervention team training for police officers responding to mental disturbance calls

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-237

  Teller, Jennifer L S ^a   Munetz, Mark R ^b,c   Gil, Karen M ^c   Ritter, Christian ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mental Health Services Board   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POLICE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32244449378     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.2.232     Document Type: Article

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