Immediate help is available to students, faculty, staff, parents and family members when a crisis occurs or threats of harm arise. CWRU's Reach Out mobile app provides quick access to support and ...

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a county-wide effort that involves hospitals, counselors, courts and law enforcement officers from various local agencies. All officers are provided training to ...

Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

When law enforcement officers respond to calls, they can encounter people who are experiencing a mental health crisis or have ...

APPLETON – Twenty years ago, Appleton became the first police department in Wisconsin to implement a new approach to policing incidents involving mental illness. It was 2003. John Wallschlaeger, then ...

For its work diverting citizens in crisis away from the criminal justice system, the Anne Arundel County Crisis Intervention Team was awarded the highest-possible certification for a program of its ...

Nationwide protests over police accountability and racial justice have reenergized longstanding efforts to fundamentally change how police departments respond to someone in a mental health emergency.

Content warning: This article contains discussion of depression, self-harm, and suicide. The first time I texted into a crisis hotline in the middle of the night, I didn’t want to hurt myself. I just ...

The city of Rochester will begin redirecting certain calls made to 911 related to people experiencing mental health and substance crises to a newly formed response. Officials Thursday announced the ...

The mobile intervention teams mark a significant step forward in federal efforts to transform mental health services across the nation, as New Mexico becomes the 15th state to adopt this option under ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. For decades, Reachout of St. Lawrence County answered the phone calls from people in crisis. But ...

In my three-part series on suicide assessment, I introduced a framework to guide assessment and explored how to gather information and formulate risk to plan with your client for safety. Safety ...