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The Mental Health of Police: Hope, Support, and Recovery

(5 days ago) WEBLong may this continue. Readers can obtain 24-hour emotional support from national telephone helplines including the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1 …

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-men/202004/the-mental-health-police-hope-support-and-recovery

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Police Stress and Deleterious Outcomes: Efforts Towards …

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Police officers are subjected, daily, to critical incidents and work-related stressors that negatively impact nearly every aspect of their personal and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575544/

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Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness (LEMHWA) …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 (LEMHWA) was signed into law in January 2018, recognizing that law enforcement agencies need and deserve …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/lemhwaresources

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Violence, Stress, Scrutiny Weigh On Police Mental Health

(Just Now) WEBJohn Violanti, professor of epidemiology and environmental health at the University of Buffalo, and a leading expert on police stress. Police suicides have steadily risen in recent years. A record was set in …

https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/06/14/violence-stress-scrutiny-weigh-on-police-mental-health

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A National Study of Police Mental Health in the USA: …

(Just Now) WEBPolicing is a high risk, high stress occupation involving repeated exposure to distressing situations. High levels of emotional and physical exhaustion lead to …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11896-020-09424-9

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Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to …

(2 days ago) WEBIssues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental Health Crises Congressional Research Service 1 aw enforcement officers1 are frequently the first …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47285

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Full article: Police staff and mental health: barriers and

(6 days ago) WEBMental health treatment and support. To help reduce stress, and support the mental health of their employees, organizations offer an array of professional (e.g. …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15614263.2021.1979398

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Mental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis …

(6 days ago) WEBEfforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents alike say a widely adopted program has too often failed.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/913229469/mental-health-and-police-violence-how-crisis-intervention-teams-are-failing

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Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe police stress environment. Sources of stress in policing may be classified into two general categories (Shane, 2010): those arising from “job content” which include work …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400077/

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Why Police Are Still Handling Mental-Health Crises - The Atlantic

(8 days ago) WEBA Washington Post analysis found that one-quarter of people fatally shot by U.S. police in 2015 were mentally ill or in emotional crisis. Many police officers, …

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/mental-health-crisis-police-intervention/622842/

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How unjust police killings damage the mental health of Black …

(8 days ago) WEBA first-ever study in 2018 found that a police killing of an unarmed African American triggered days of poor mental health for Black people living in that state over …

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/how-unjust-police-killings-damage-the-mental-health-of-black-americans/

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The Police and Mental Health Psychiatric Services

(2 days ago) WEBAbstract. With deinstitutionalization and the influx into the community of persons with severe mental illness, the police have become frontline professionals who …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.53.10.1266

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Mental crisis calls to police can be deadly. Cities try new ways to

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/09/1203342875/cities-know-the-way-police-respond-to-mental-crisis-calls-needs-to-change-but-ho

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Understanding the mental health and wellbeing needs of police …

(6 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Police officers’ roles and responsibilities place them in challenging and stressful situations that can significantly impact on their mental …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15614263.2020.1772782

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Addressing Law Enforcement Mental Health - International …

(4 days ago) WEBMental health challenges can also lead to a decrease in job satisfaction, confidence, commitment to the job, professionalism, and productivity, as well as an increase in …

https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/258181~4.PDF

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Police-Mental Health Collaboration (PMHC) Toolkit Bureau of …

(2 days ago) WEBLearn about the issues and facts related to Police-Mental Health issues. Ex: 1 in 5 Americans is affected by mental illness in a given year, only 41% of adults in the U.S. …

https://bja.ojp.gov/program/pmhc

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Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step Toward …

(1 days ago) WEBObtaining care in a mental health crisis should be as routine and assistive as calling an ambulance for other health crises. Yet for too long, calling 911 for psychiatric …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2035710

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Police Reform From the Perspective of Mental Health Services and

(1 days ago) WEBPeople in need of urgent mental health care are now regularly directed to call 911. Call takers often have limited options: send police, emergency medical …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000572

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How some encounters between police and people with mental …

(7 days ago) WEBYet people with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other people approached by law enforcement, the …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-some-encounters-between-police-and-people-with-mental-illness-can-turn-tragic

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The Toll of Police Violence on Black People’s Mental Health

(7 days ago) WEBThe Toll of Police Violence on Black People’s Mental Health. Three years after the murder of George Floyd, The Times spoke to more than 100 people about the …

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/25/well/mind/black-mental-health-police-violence.html

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The role of the police in supporting people in mental health crisis

(3 days ago) WEBThe police are here to protect, help, and reassure the community, and must do so with integrity, common sense and sound judgement. Their responsibilities can also …

https://www.rethink.org/news-and-stories/blogs/2023/07/the-role-of-the-police-in-supporting-people-in-mental-health-crisis/

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Parents called for mental health help. Police arrived and fatally …

(9 days ago) WEBParents in Los Angeles’ Koreatown called for mental health help in the middle of their son’s bipolar episode this month. Clinical personnel showed up — and so …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/parents-called-mental-health-help-police-arrived-fatally-shot-son-rcna153077

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Failing mental health service and courts overwhelm police, says

(7 days ago) WEBPolice Scotland is “overwhelmed” by the “appalling” demands made on officers by failing mental health services and a court system that requires complete …

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/13/police-scotland-chief-jo-farrell-mental-health-service-courts

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Bush revives bill to provide mental health services to families

(3 days ago) WEBRep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) revived a bill this week to provide mental health resources for families that have been affected by police violence. The Helping Families Heal Act …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/bush-revives-bill-to-provide-mental-health-services-to-families-affected-by-police-shootings/ar-BB1mOgny

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Congresswoman Bush Reintroduces Helping Families Heal Act

(1 days ago) WEBThe Helping Families Heal Act will provide more resources to address the devastating mental health consequences of police violence in our communities. As we …

https://bush.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-bush-reintroduces-helping-families-heal-act

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D.C. police shoot man after officer stabbed during mental health …

(Just Now) WEBD.C. police said officers shot an armed man Saturday after authorities accused the suspect of stabbing a police officer in the neck during a mental health …

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/19/dc-police-shoot-man-after-officer-stabbed-during-m/

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Reel Mind Film Series: how to improve mental health care for …

(5 days ago) WEBMarilyn Farquhar, Canadian citizen whose brother was killed by police during a mental health crisis; her story is featured in the film,"A Bullet Pulling Thread" This …

https://www.wxxinews.org/show/connections/2024-05-21/reel-mind-film-series-how-to-improve-mental-health-care-for-people-with-disabilities-when-police-kill-a-person-with-a-mental-illness

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Mental health experts weigh in on Ocala police shooting man in …

(1 days ago) WEBA man is in critical condition after being shot by Ocala police.The arrest report says the 23-year-old man had a knife and bear spray when he ran off from a mental …

https://www.wesh.com/article/mental-health-experts-ocala-police-shooting/60848945

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