Pathway mapping as a tool to address police use of force in behavioral health crisis.
Soc Sci Med
; 306: 115088, 2022 08.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35764465
ABSTRACT
Police use of force is a significant problem in many communities, particularly related to episodes of behavioral health crisis where police are called to respond. Fragmentation of the behavioral health care system creates a revolving door where many residents with behavioral health challenges cycle in and out of the system, often accessing services via the 9-1-1 emergency system during a crisis episode. This work leverages ethnographic and participatory techniques to build a pathway map in order to represent and characterize the behavioral health crisis system in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Map findings illustrate that many nominally existing connections are functionally distant when viewed through the lens of a clinical handoff. The resulting pathway map can be used as a planning and confirmatory tool for community members, practitioners, and policymakers to address challenges in behavioral health and public safety.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychiatry
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Police
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Soc Sci Med
Year:
2022
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Article