A Novel Training Program for Police Officers that Improves Interactions with Mentally Ill Individuals and is Cost-Effective

Police and law enforcement providers frequently come into contact with individuals who have psychiatric disorders, sometimes with tragic results. Repeated studies suggest that greater understanding of psychiatric conditions by police officers would be beneficial. Here we present a novel approach to...

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Autores principales: Krameddine, Yasmeen I., DeMarco, David, Hassel, Robert, Silverstone, Peter H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23515226
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00009