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Diverting 911 Calls to Behavioral Health Workers Reduces Arrests

4/22/26 11:49 AM

Embedding behavioral health workers into 911 call centers in a Texas community prevented hundreds of...

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...