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 ...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — The pandemic has shone a light on the growing mental health crisis and at the receiving end are law enforcement officers answering calls for help. For every call they answer ...

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.

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 ...

The infamous Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire of 1942 not only marked one of the darkest days in American history but also lit the fuse for the birth of organized crisis intervention. Yet, as we navigate ...

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 ...

Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger, center, and Lata Menon, CEO of First Choice Services, left, talked to a group of local mental health officials, local law enforcement and others at the Wood ...

Recently, the news has been filled with stories about the level of violence in school classrooms in Canada, leading to lost instructional time and injured or stressed teachers. Some parents and ...

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) is looking for more people to join its Crisis Intervention program. “If you have been in a tragedy yourself, you know what it is to have someone to help you and ...

An Anne Arundel County work group is reviewing the police department’s restraint policies after the reassignment of the leader of the department’s renowned Crisis Intervention Team fueled debate about ...

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 ...