This brief primer provides psychiatrists with an overview of the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model and ways they can support people with serious mental illness.
A Community Guide for Development of a Crisis Diversion Facility: A Model for Effective Community Response to Behavioral Health Crisis
The crisis diversion facility model can be a core component of a coordinated, systemic response, bringing health and service sectors together with law enforcement and first responders in a central facility.
Medical Directors’ Recommendations on Trauma-informed Care for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
This paper describes research related to trauma history and symptoms; evidence-based, trauma-informed therapies; training for health care and law enforcement; and more.
A Comprehensive Crisis System: Ending Unnecessary Emergency Room Admissions and Jail Bookings Associated with Mental Illness
This paper will serve as a roadmap on how to fund and implement a comprehensive crisis system in your community that will lower the overall cost of healthcare and dramatically reduce the time law enforcement spends engaged in addressing mental health crisis.
Changing the Trajectory of a New Generation: Universal Access to Early Psychosis Intervention
This paper discusses how we can achieve the bold goal of ensuring universal access to early psychosis intervention in every community.