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.
Mental Illness
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Read more: Transformation of Behavioral Health Care Through Section 1115 Waivers Transformation of Behavioral Health Care Through Section 1115 Waivers
The Biden administration has a powerful tool for encouraging state-level behavioral health innovation in the § 1115 Medicaid waiver process.
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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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Read more: The Health Service Ombudsman: NHS Failing Patients with Mental Health Problems The Health Service Ombudsman: NHS Failing Patients with Mental Health Problems
By John Tingle Failings in National Health Service (NHS) care for patients with mental health problems is a worryingly persistent story in the English media. Many reports show harrowing and dramatic failings in NHS care provision for the mentally ill some of which result in avoidable deaths.The Health Service Ombudsman (HSO) represents the final stage…
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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,…
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Read more: Second Amendment Rights and Mental Illness Second Amendment Rights and Mental Illness
Editor’s Note: An updated of this post was published on March 6, 2017, entitled “The Balancing Act Between Mental Illness and Gun Rights.” By Mariam Ahmed, JD/MSPP (2016) In recent years, there have been a multitude of state- and federal-level discussions about how to use law to minimize gun violence as active shooter events increase….
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Read more: Short-Term Emergency Commitment Laws Require Police to Assess Symptoms of Mental Illness Short-Term Emergency Commitment Laws Require Police to Assess Symptoms of Mental Illness
By Leslie Allen, JD On November 20, 2014, the Public Health Law Research program released a new 50-state dataset analyzing state law governing the short-term emergency commitment process. These laws give law enforcement officers and others the right to involuntarily admit someone into a mental health care facility if they are in danger of harming…
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Read more: Good News and Bad News About Gun Laws, Mental Illness and Violence — Part 1 Good News and Bad News About Gun Laws, Mental Illness and Violence — Part 1
This is Part 1 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. by Jeffrey Swanson, PhD Federal and state efforts to restrict firearms access to potentially dangerous people with mental illness have focused in recent years on extending the reach of states’ reporting to the National Instant Criminal…