The Press Democrat

Shifting police approach to enforcing psychiatric holds in Sonoma County can leave loved ones at a loss and those in crisis at risk, advocates say

Involuntary mental health holds have been one option to ensure someone in crisis, and deemed a danger to themselves, gets ...
Psychology Today

Digital Mental Health Tools Work, but Not for Everyone

Digital tools can help reduce anxiety, but they don’t work equally well for everyone. New research identifies factors that ...
Education Week

The School Role Helping Prevent Misbehavior Before It Starts

They try and blend into their surroundings, like they don’t want to be seen,” said Williams, a student-behavior tutor at ...

Severe irritability in teens can be reduced by daily doses of vitamins and minerals—new research

Irritability is one of the most common and distressing problems teenagers and their families face. Its main symptom is an excessive reaction to negative emotional stimuli, resulting in temper ...
Edhat

Grant-Funded CIT Training Enhances Deputies’ Crisis Response Skills

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Sciences Unit completed the first 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training courses ...

Columbus invests $1M to expand non-police crisis response program with new team, therapy dog

The announcement is the latest step in the city’s effort to expand non-police interventions for mental and behavioral health calls.
Noozhawk

Grant-Funded Training Enhances Deputies’ Crisis Response Skills

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Sciences Unit has completed the first in a series of week-long, 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training ...
EMS1

Nev. FD shows crisis response teams reduce ED transports and mental health holds

CLARK COUNTY, Nev. — Clark County commissioners on Tuesday heard results from a pilot program that tested a new crisis response model to assist people experiencing mental or behavioral health ...