Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-12-13DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2022.2152930
Erik-Edwin Leonard Nordström, Jens C Thimm, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Pål Kristensen
Background: Research on bereavement after terrorism is limited and primarily aiming on short-term consequences.Objective: To better understand the long-term health consequences of terrorism, we studied bereaved parents and siblings eight years after the Utøya terrorist attack in Norway. We examined the participants' symptom levels of prolonged grief (PG) and post-traumatic stress (PTS), as well as their psychosocial functioning and employment status.Method: Bereaved parents (n = 88) and siblings (n = 34) aged 19 and above (mean age = 49.7 years, SD = 13.8 years, 59.8% female) completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) to assess PG, PTS, and functional impairment, respectively. In addition, information about employment status was obtained. The proportion of participants scoring above recommended thresholds on the ICG, IES-R, and WSAS was calculated. Differences between parents and siblings and gender differences on these measures were examined.Results: In total, 62.3% of the participants had scores on the ICG indicating a risk for prolonged grief, while 45.9% scored over cutoff on the IES. There was a high overlap between symptoms of PG and PTS. Females had significantly higher scores on both the ICG and the IES compared to males. There were no differences between parents and siblings regarding PG and PTS symptoms. One out of three showed severe functional impairment on the WSAS. Approximately 30% of all the bereaved were outside the labour force, and one third of the parents had become unable to work after the terrorist attack.Conclusion: Many bereaved parents and siblings, following the Utøya terror attack, report long-lasting health consequences with symptoms of PG and PTS and functional impairment. The results suggest a need for follow up of bereaved after a terror attack and identify family members in need of health services.
{"title":"Prolonged grief, post-traumatic stress, and functional impairment in parents and siblings 8 years after the 2011 Utøya terror attack.","authors":"Erik-Edwin Leonard Nordström, Jens C Thimm, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Pål Kristensen","doi":"10.1080/20008066.2022.2152930","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20008066.2022.2152930","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Research on bereavement after terrorism is limited and primarily aiming on short-term consequences.<b>Objective:</b> To better understand the long-term health consequences of terrorism, we studied bereaved parents and siblings eight years after the Utøya terrorist attack in Norway. We examined the participants' symptom levels of prolonged grief (PG) and post-traumatic stress (PTS), as well as their psychosocial functioning and employment status.<b>Method:</b> Bereaved parents (<i>n</i> = 88) and siblings (<i>n</i> = 34) aged 19 and above (mean age = 49.7 years, SD = 13.8 years, 59.8% female) completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) to assess PG, PTS, and functional impairment, respectively. In addition, information about employment status was obtained. The proportion of participants scoring above recommended thresholds on the ICG, IES-R, and WSAS was calculated. Differences between parents and siblings and gender differences on these measures were examined.<b>Results:</b> In total, 62.3% of the participants had scores on the ICG indicating a risk for prolonged grief, while 45.9% scored over cutoff on the IES. There was a high overlap between symptoms of PG and PTS. Females had significantly higher scores on both the ICG and the IES compared to males. There were no differences between parents and siblings regarding PG and PTS symptoms. One out of three showed severe functional impairment on the WSAS. Approximately 30% of all the bereaved were outside the labour force, and one third of the parents had become unable to work after the terrorist attack.<b>Conclusion:</b> Many bereaved parents and siblings, following the Utøya terror attack, report long-lasting health consequences with symptoms of PG and PTS and functional impairment. The results suggest a need for follow up of bereaved after a terror attack and identify family members in need of health services.</p>","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"19 1","pages":"2152930"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9754049/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84813709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2138735
D. Lardier, K. Powell, N. Peterson, Suzanne Borys, Donald K. Hallcom
ABSTRACT Opioid peer recovery service programs are important interventions to increase treatment engagement, adherence, and completion among clients. Little research has examined emergency department (ED) peer recovery programs, the utilization of these services, and patient characteristics. This study examined client data (N = 1690; Mean age = 36.05 ± 12.04) from New Jersey’s Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP). Between group analyses examined differences between repeated OORP service utilization and those new to OORP services on patient characteristics, primary substance of use, and mental health diagnosis. Exploratory logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine clinically relevant variables as predictors of repeated OORP service utilization. Sociodemographic differences were observed among those with repeated OORP service utilization, including a higher number of prior overdoses (3.87 ± 4.78) and a greater proportion to use heroin (93.34%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed several clinically important indicators associated with repeated OORP service utilization. Findings showed that several notable sociodemographic and clinical indicators associated with multiple OORP service utilization that can help support future prevention and clinic-intervention programs. These findings provide important information on participants at high risk for fatal overdose, and considerations for measured intervention services.
{"title":"Client characteristics and service utilization with emergency department peer recovery specialists in a statewide opioid overdose prevention intervention","authors":"D. Lardier, K. Powell, N. Peterson, Suzanne Borys, Donald K. Hallcom","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2138735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2138735","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Opioid peer recovery service programs are important interventions to increase treatment engagement, adherence, and completion among clients. Little research has examined emergency department (ED) peer recovery programs, the utilization of these services, and patient characteristics. This study examined client data (N = 1690; Mean age = 36.05 ± 12.04) from New Jersey’s Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP). Between group analyses examined differences between repeated OORP service utilization and those new to OORP services on patient characteristics, primary substance of use, and mental health diagnosis. Exploratory logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine clinically relevant variables as predictors of repeated OORP service utilization. Sociodemographic differences were observed among those with repeated OORP service utilization, including a higher number of prior overdoses (3.87 ± 4.78) and a greater proportion to use heroin (93.34%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed several clinically important indicators associated with repeated OORP service utilization. Findings showed that several notable sociodemographic and clinical indicators associated with multiple OORP service utilization that can help support future prevention and clinic-intervention programs. These findings provide important information on participants at high risk for fatal overdose, and considerations for measured intervention services.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"223 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44389663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2123728
Vanessa Perez, Matthew A. Ruderman, Meghan Kussman, J. Waterman, Audra K. Langley
ABSTRACT Using the electronic health records of 55 foster and adopted youth, this study compared in-person mental health service utilization to telemental health (TMH) service utilization during COVID-19. Clients attended a greater number of therapy sessions, had more accumulated session time, and had shorter sessions via TMH compared to in-person. Similar results were found for school-aged children, females, and caregivers who engaged in their children’s treatment. Notably, for non-significant differences in engagement, engagement numbers during TMH were always higher than in-person services.
{"title":"Mental health engagement among foster and adopted youth: the transition from in-person to telemental health services","authors":"Vanessa Perez, Matthew A. Ruderman, Meghan Kussman, J. Waterman, Audra K. Langley","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2123728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2123728","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using the electronic health records of 55 foster and adopted youth, this study compared in-person mental health service utilization to telemental health (TMH) service utilization during COVID-19. Clients attended a greater number of therapy sessions, had more accumulated session time, and had shorter sessions via TMH compared to in-person. Similar results were found for school-aged children, females, and caregivers who engaged in their children’s treatment. Notably, for non-significant differences in engagement, engagement numbers during TMH were always higher than in-person services.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"203 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44819286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-04DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2118007
Vanessa V. Klodnick, Rebecca P. Johnson, D. Cohen, Marc A. Fagan, Patrice Patti Fetzer, H. B. Clark
ABSTRACT Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for a recent onset of psychosis is widely implemented in the U.S., yet high disengagement rates persist. Integrating a Positive Youth Development approach (e.g., Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model) may boost CSC engagement. TIP and CSC experts (n = 14) compared the TIP fidelity scale to an international CSC fidelity scale. Notes were thematically coded. To become more PYD-informed, CSC providers might: (1) re-conceptualize recovery, engagement, and goals; (2) adopt developmentally attuned language uniting multidisciplinary staff; and (3) strategically involve and expand participant social networks. Findings lay groundwork for CSC providers to integrate strategies to prevent premature disengagement. Takeaways Positive Youth Development practices likely can be integrated into Coordinated Specialty Care for first-episode psychosis. The TIP Model’s multi-phase developmentally focused futures planning process and strategic social support involvement may boost CSC engagement. The TIP Model holds merit for uniting multidisciplinary perspectives on CSC teams, promoting team collaboration and young person (and family & other relevant supportive people) engagement.
{"title":"Integrating positive youth development into coordinated specialty care for a recent onset of psychosis","authors":"Vanessa V. Klodnick, Rebecca P. Johnson, D. Cohen, Marc A. Fagan, Patrice Patti Fetzer, H. B. Clark","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2118007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2118007","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for a recent onset of psychosis is widely implemented in the U.S., yet high disengagement rates persist. Integrating a Positive Youth Development approach (e.g., Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model) may boost CSC engagement. TIP and CSC experts (n = 14) compared the TIP fidelity scale to an international CSC fidelity scale. Notes were thematically coded. To become more PYD-informed, CSC providers might: (1) re-conceptualize recovery, engagement, and goals; (2) adopt developmentally attuned language uniting multidisciplinary staff; and (3) strategically involve and expand participant social networks. Findings lay groundwork for CSC providers to integrate strategies to prevent premature disengagement. Takeaways Positive Youth Development practices likely can be integrated into Coordinated Specialty Care for first-episode psychosis. The TIP Model’s multi-phase developmentally focused futures planning process and strategic social support involvement may boost CSC engagement. The TIP Model holds merit for uniting multidisciplinary perspectives on CSC teams, promoting team collaboration and young person (and family & other relevant supportive people) engagement.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"180 - 202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46782710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-22DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2114817
Kiki M. Kline
ABSTRACT Eating disorder recovery varies throughout the literature in conceptualization and approach with a variety of mechanisms employed to facilitate recovery in both professional treatment and in natural/spontaneous recovery. A framework is introduced called Eating Disorder Recovery Capital (ED RC) to encompass all mechanisms through the sum total assets and resources used in the process of recovery, organized by domains. The ED RC model is a strengths-based, inclusive, individualized, and integrative perspective of ED recovery that widens the scope of resources that may be employed in one’s recovery journey.
{"title":"A conceptual framework for recovery from eating disorders: an adoptive approach to the recovery capital model","authors":"Kiki M. Kline","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2114817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2114817","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Eating disorder recovery varies throughout the literature in conceptualization and approach with a variety of mechanisms employed to facilitate recovery in both professional treatment and in natural/spontaneous recovery. A framework is introduced called Eating Disorder Recovery Capital (ED RC) to encompass all mechanisms through the sum total assets and resources used in the process of recovery, organized by domains. The ED RC model is a strengths-based, inclusive, individualized, and integrative perspective of ED recovery that widens the scope of resources that may be employed in one’s recovery journey.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"162 - 179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46554070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-18DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2106808
L. O’Donnell, M. Helmuth, Farah Elsiss, K. Szechy, Pranav Kancherla, Amy M. Loree
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in attitudes toward individuals with Bipolar Disorder (BD) at work. Participants (N = 628) randomized to a vignette completed the Attitudes toward Individuals with Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace Scale (social acceptability, competency, reliability, advancement, job demotion/loss). Multivariable regressions found men rated co-workers with BD as more socially acceptable, while women rated co-workers as more competent and less likely to lose their job/be demoted. Mediational analyses assessing whether a personal diagnosis of a mood disorder mediates attitudes toward co-workers with BD and gender found 8–17% of a relationship between gender and attitudes is attributed to a participant diagnosis of depression or BD. These results inform educational/intervention strategies targeting gender-specific attitudes toward individuals with BD.
{"title":"Gender differences in public attitudes toward bipolar disorder in the workplace","authors":"L. O’Donnell, M. Helmuth, Farah Elsiss, K. Szechy, Pranav Kancherla, Amy M. Loree","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2106808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2106808","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in attitudes toward individuals with Bipolar Disorder (BD) at work. Participants (N = 628) randomized to a vignette completed the Attitudes toward Individuals with Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace Scale (social acceptability, competency, reliability, advancement, job demotion/loss). Multivariable regressions found men rated co-workers with BD as more socially acceptable, while women rated co-workers as more competent and less likely to lose their job/be demoted. Mediational analyses assessing whether a personal diagnosis of a mood disorder mediates attitudes toward co-workers with BD and gender found 8–17% of a relationship between gender and attitudes is attributed to a participant diagnosis of depression or BD. These results inform educational/intervention strategies targeting gender-specific attitudes toward individuals with BD.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"145 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46430030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2094746
Moyo Mutamba, Veen Wong, Trish Van Katwyk
ABSTRACT This paper describes our critical analysis of interviews with youth about self harm (heretofore, referred to as embodied expression). We noted participants’ relationships with people and systems, and the power that characterized the relationships. Grief and rage were expressed about the exclusions and expulsions that had occurred, the “unbelongings” imposed within the systems being described. We heard the expressions of resistance and place-claiming that wounding and scars served for the participant/storyteller. Finally, we consider “counter-listening,” when embodied expressions are heard for their grief and rage about unbelonging, as well as for their agency and reclaiming of place and belonging.
{"title":"Getting under the skin of society: embodiment, belonging, and the power of counter-listening","authors":"Moyo Mutamba, Veen Wong, Trish Van Katwyk","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2094746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2094746","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper describes our critical analysis of interviews with youth about self harm (heretofore, referred to as embodied expression). We noted participants’ relationships with people and systems, and the power that characterized the relationships. Grief and rage were expressed about the exclusions and expulsions that had occurred, the “unbelongings” imposed within the systems being described. We heard the expressions of resistance and place-claiming that wounding and scars served for the participant/storyteller. Finally, we consider “counter-listening,” when embodied expressions are heard for their grief and rage about unbelonging, as well as for their agency and reclaiming of place and belonging.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"129 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48296916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-17DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2076576
Jennifer Smith Ramey, Mac Duis
ABSTRACT The benefits and challenges of cross-sector collaboration are well outlined in the literature on community network development. Two sectors, schools and community behavioral health agencies, often work with the same youth inasmuch as students with behavioral difficulties in schools may also receive services from behavioral health providers. The purpose of this article is to present a case study on the implementation of a screening, triage, and referral process developed by a Central Virginia school system and community service board as part of a collaborative network which may provide generalized lessons that other organizations consider when addressing behavioral problems in schools.
{"title":"Utilizing cross-sector collaboration to improve access to behavioral health services in schools","authors":"Jennifer Smith Ramey, Mac Duis","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2076576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2076576","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The benefits and challenges of cross-sector collaboration are well outlined in the literature on community network development. Two sectors, schools and community behavioral health agencies, often work with the same youth inasmuch as students with behavioral difficulties in schools may also receive services from behavioral health providers. The purpose of this article is to present a case study on the implementation of a screening, triage, and referral process developed by a Central Virginia school system and community service board as part of a collaborative network which may provide generalized lessons that other organizations consider when addressing behavioral problems in schools.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"101 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43481339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-13DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2076577
Kareen N. Tonsing, Jenny Tonsing
ABSTRACT The prevalence of mental health problems in university students is increasing and attributable to various factors. We examine the protective and risk factors of depressive symptoms among a cross-section of 251 university students. Results showed 40.2% of students reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that perceived stress and maladaptive coping were positively associated with depressive symptoms, whereas adaptive coping and perceived support was inversely related to depressive symptoms. Findings highlight the need for psychological empowerment strategies in students to manage various stressors more effectively and the importance of enhancing social support as a valuable resource for university students.
{"title":"Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among university students: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Kareen N. Tonsing, Jenny Tonsing","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2076577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2076577","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The prevalence of mental health problems in university students is increasing and attributable to various factors. We examine the protective and risk factors of depressive symptoms among a cross-section of 251 university students. Results showed 40.2% of students reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that perceived stress and maladaptive coping were positively associated with depressive symptoms, whereas adaptive coping and perceived support was inversely related to depressive symptoms. Findings highlight the need for psychological empowerment strategies in students to manage various stressors more effectively and the importance of enhancing social support as a valuable resource for university students.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"115 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45353555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-11DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2074283
A. Ghelani, Margaret Douglin, Alishau Diebold
ABSTRACT People with mental health concerns are over-represented in police-involved deaths in Canada. Calls for alternative responses to people in crisis have generated interest in programs that partner police with mental health professionals. This review summarizes what is known about the effectiveness of co-response programs in meeting client and community needs. Methods followed PRISMA-ScR standards. Eight studies evaluating Canadian co-response programs were included. Co-response programs can reduce involuntary hospital transport, improve referrals, and decrease emergency department wait times. Research is needed to determine whether they reduce the use of force and meet client’s needs in the community.
{"title":"Effectiveness of Canadian police and mental health co-response crisis teams: A scoping review","authors":"A. Ghelani, Margaret Douglin, Alishau Diebold","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2074283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2074283","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT People with mental health concerns are over-represented in police-involved deaths in Canada. Calls for alternative responses to people in crisis have generated interest in programs that partner police with mental health professionals. This review summarizes what is known about the effectiveness of co-response programs in meeting client and community needs. Methods followed PRISMA-ScR standards. Eight studies evaluating Canadian co-response programs were included. Co-response programs can reduce involuntary hospital transport, improve referrals, and decrease emergency department wait times. Research is needed to determine whether they reduce the use of force and meet client’s needs in the community.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"86 - 100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47620100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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