To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response
The implementation of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, should center non-police responses to behavioral health emergencies.
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Our research shows that social movement activism is an integral part of service delivery for sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence.
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Read more: Community-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Pandemic Community-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic showed that community-based supports can foster safety and accountability without requiring state intervention.
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To protect human rights and civil liberties, we must better understand and regulate projectiles, which are dangerous and poorly studied weapons.
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Read more: The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises
Despite being both feasible and effective, alternatives to police intervention for behavioral health crises remain the exception, rather than the rule.
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To save lives and improve individual and community outcomes, supervised injection sites should be part of the response to the opioid epidemic.
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Moving the United States beyond the opioid overdose crisis and pernicious inequities in law enforcement requires bold, innovative solutions.
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Read more: Mental Health First Aid Training in Prisons, Police Departments, and the Presidential Election Mental Health First Aid Training in Prisons, Police Departments, and the Presidential Election
By Wendy S. Salkin It has been widely reported and acknowledged that many incarcerated Americans live with mental illness. In 2014, the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs’ Association published The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey, a joint report that included the following findings: In 2012,…