The Misunderstanding of the Crisis Intervention Team Program
How a community partnership with law enforcement helps divert people from a law enforcement response.
It’s Time the Behavioral Health Field Expand Their Definition of Lived Experience
Amy Watson says expanding the concept of lived expertise would result in a better, more culturally competent crisis response.
Crisis Now Partners Share the Need for and Support of the Washington DC International Declaration
Crisis Now partners and leaders from around the world have released the Washington DC International Declaration, which calls for comprehensive and integrated networks as the first defense for mental health crises. The partners discuss the unrelenting inequity in access to care for people experiencing mental health emergencies compared to those
Megan Gleason on Partnering with the FBI to Better Serve People in Crisis
Megan Gleason, LCSW, is the metro Atlanta regional manager for the Behavioral Health Link (BHL) blended mobile crisis program, a 24-hour response service that covers the vast majority of Georgia counties. Earlier this year, she participated in the FBI Citizens Academy, a selective 6-8 week program that gives leaders a
Major Sam Cochran Says to Leaders, “Support and Keep Open Essential Mental Health Crisis Services”
CIT officers are worried about what will happen to people with mental illness if leaders strip down to essential services and mental health crisis services aren’t deemed so. Maj. Cochran said that law enforcement knows what that looks like, and they don’t want to go back.
