Objective: Characterizing commitment as an involuntary psychiatric emergency detention
that possibly extends into a longer-term detention, the authors aimed to calculate population …

Research has begun to explore to what extent I-502, the initiative authorising the retail
distribution of recreational marijuana in Washington State, influenced a range of public …

The relationship between law enforcement and those with mental illness is severely strained
and possibly even broken. But who caused this rift in the relationship? Is law enforcement to …

In this study, we examine to what extent availability of a crisis center in a behavioral health
district is related to changes in emergency hold petitions and outcomes of those holds as …

Police are responsible for addressing a myriad of community problems, but none may be
more challenging than responding to calls for service involving people with behavioral …

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