With numerous police clashes with citizens it is becoming more apparent that there needs to better mental health crisis training. Mentally ill individuals need to be apprehended but de-escalation and better trained officers and first responders are essential to the safety of these individuals during arrest. Crisis Intervention and training is essential to prevent individuals who need medical help from receiving abuse from officers. Please also review AIHCP’s Crisis Intervention Certification
The article, “How to Connect People in Crisis to the Care They Need” by Julie Wertheimer looks closer at the issue at hand. She looks at how better training and after care can help solve the nation’s biggest issues of police brutality as well as issues where mentally ill are left to roam the streets. She states,
“Meanwhile, county jails and other correctional facilities are ill-equipped to handle the treatment needs of people with behavioral health issues, and incarceration can exacerbate certain mental health disorders. Yet jails are often filled with people whose mental health needs could be better supported elsewhere. A study of Los Angeles County jails, for instance, determined that more than 60% of their population with mental illnesses likely could have been better served by community programs, as opposed to incarceration.”
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Please also review AIHCP’s Crisis Intervention Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals looking for a four year certification in Crisis Intervention.