A novel approach to training police officers to interact with individuals who may have a psychiatric disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-355

  Silverstone, Peter H ^a   Krameddine, Yasmeen I ^a   DeMarco, David ^b   Hassel, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Edmonton Police Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; ROLE PLAYING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; AWARENESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; ROLE PLAYING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884398670     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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