Do empathy and psychological mindedness affect police officers' decision to enter crisis intervention team training?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 632-638

  Compton, Michael T ^a,b   Broussard, Beth ^a,b   Hankerson Dyson, Dana ^a   Krishan, Shaily ^a   Stewart Hutto, Tarianna ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDEDNESS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 79957826189     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.6.pss6206_0632     Document Type: Article

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