Police Intervention Model

Intervention Team Model of Police Response to Mental Health Crises: A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners” contains a section titled “The Role of MH Clinicians in Success of the Model”, the authors cite the following: “Mental health agencies often serve individuals that have contacts with the police and, at times, clinician and officer professional paths cross around client needs. These interactions may be initiated by clinicians when police assistance is needed to address safety issues clinicians may ask police to conduct well being checks or call them for assistance with a client in crisis. Clinicians may also advise clients and families to contact 911 for assistance in crisis situations, thus summoning the police. Police officers
One aspect of CIT training is geared towards the depressed youth who are at risk of committing suicide. Within the section titled “Mental Health by the Numbers: Consequences of Lack of Treatment” on the NAMI website, the statistics are based on a 1999 report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this section, 90% of suicides committed by children are the result of mental health issues (NAMI, 2015). The mental health approach for youth focuses on crisis variables within varying age ranges and developmental phases. Although adults may be diagnosed with the same mental health issues, aspects of youth mental health are geared towards this group in training seminars provided by school districts across the United States. In fact, the Clear Creek School District in the Houston, Texas area provides an introductory training course for teachers and law enforcement. The 8-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid USA course for adults assisting young people is lead by local school counselors specializing in youth mental health issues. During training, the instructors discuss current mental health challenges and disorders in the youth population. In Section 2 of the training manual by Kitchner (2012), the following mental health first aid challenges and disorders in young people are discussed: depression, anxiety, eating
The basis of research by Dimitropoulou, Hatzichristiou, Issari, Lampropoulou, and Lykitsakou (2011) in the article, “The development of a multi-level model for crisis preparedness and intervention in the Greek educational system”, is to introduce the methods in which the Greek government plans to assist school age youth experiencing varying crises. The overall proposal by Dimitropoulou et al. (2011) present a three-perspective model addressing “leading models of school crisis preparedness and intervention as well as cultural considerations for contextually crisis response; b) a description of existing crisis intervention practices in Greek schools; and c) a model for crisis preparedness and intervention based on specific needs and characteristics of the Greek context”