Psych News Alert | police

Assertive Community Treatment With Police Involvement Leads to Fewer Overall Police Encounters

10/31/25 1:35 PM

Patients with mental illness who received a model of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) that integr...

Some Systemic Factors May Cause Inequities in Risk Assessments

12/19/24 12:00 AM

Study Finds ‘Psychiatric Ambulance’ Provides Safe and Uncoercive Transport of Individuals in Crisis

5/29/24 12:00 AM

Involuntarily Hospitalizing Homeless People With Serious Mental Illness May Backfire, Experts Caution

4/13/23 12:00 AM

Study Highlights Children Most Likely to Be Taken to Psychiatric ER By Police After 911 Call

10/28/22 12:00 AM

Black Children Less Likely to Report Suicidal Thoughts in Emergency Room, Study Suggests

9/27/22 12:00 AM

APA Condemns Pepper-Spraying, Handcuffing of 9-Year-Old Girl by Rochester Police

2/3/21 12:00 AM

Study Reveals PTSD Trajectories for 9/11 Responders Over 12-Year Period

9/12/16 12:00 AM

Tens of thousands of trained and untrained disaster responders were involved in the rescue, recovery...

Police Training Boosts Likelihood That People With Mental Illness Will Get Needed Care

1/8/14 12:00 AM

Police officers with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training not only know more about mental illness...