The police-based Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model: I. Effects on officers' knowledge, attitudes, and skills

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 517-522

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Bakeman, Roger ^b   Broussard, Beth ^a   Hankerson Dyson, Dana ^c   Husbands, Letheshia ^c   Krishan, Shaily ^c   Stewart Hutto, Tarianna ^c   D'Orio, Barbara M ^c   Oliva, Janet R ^f   Thompson, Nancy J ^d   Watson, Amy C ^e  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; POLICE BASED CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SKILL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WRITTEN LANGUAGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; GEORGIA; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84901615128     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300107     Document Type: Article

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