scholarly journals Mental health advance statements: Crossing the divide from clinical to law enforcement settings

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Stavert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Advance Statements

Psychiatrists’ views on different types of advance statements in mental health care in Germany

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 737-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Gieselmann ◽  
Alfred Simon ◽  
Jochen Vollmann ◽  
Bettina Schöne-Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Advance Statements

A Law Enforcement Training Program in a Mental Health Center Catchment Area

1973 ◽  
Vol 130 (9) ◽  
pp. 1002-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD J. ROLDE ◽  
ELLSWORTH FERSCH ◽  
FRANCIS J. KELLY ◽  
SUSAN FRANK ◽  
MAURICE GUBERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Law Enforcement Training

scholarly journals Least restrictive alternative – advance statements and the new mental health legislation

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 246-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Atkinson ◽  
H. C. Garner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Advance Statements ◽  
Restrictive Environment ◽  
The Patient’S View ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Least Restrictive Alternative

Proposals for new mental health legislation make the case for using the ‘least restrictive alternative’ (Scottish Executive, 2001) and the ‘least restrictive environment’ (Department of Health & Home Office, 2000) as guiding principles in deciding the management and treatment of the patient. This appears to be the case made for introducing compulsory treatment in the community. The patient living in the community, while maintained on medication, rather than the hospital would appear to be defined as on the ‘least restrictive alternative’. This, however, takes only a limited approach to what is ‘restrictive’, which should be interpreted more widely, including the patient's view as well as that of clinicians and policy makers. Thus, a patient may see it as less restrictive during an acute phase to be in hospital and not on medication, than in the community but on medication. It is likely, given our knowledge of patients' attitudes to medication (Eastwood & Pugh, 1997), that many patients will prefer to be on oral medication rather than depot, which they see as less restrictive.

scholarly journals Current stage of Russian advocacy development

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
S. I. Volodina
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The Status ◽  
Standards Of Proof ◽  
Current Stage

The paper considers the present time status of the Russian advocacy, the progress in digitalization of the legal profession and plans for the future development, as well as advocacy’s challenging issues and solu- tions. The article reviews criteria for division of advocacy’s challenging issues. The paper refers to the creation of a commemorative medal in honor of the 30th anniversary of the FSAR (Russian Federal Lawyers Union).The role in the integration of the legal profession of the famous attorney and the former head of the department of advocacy of the Kutafi n Moscow State Law University (MSAL) A. V. Kligman, in whose honor the medal was created, is described. Also, the article highlights the “Pashayev eff ect” as the legal profession antihero and shows the negative consequences to which his behavior led. Moreover, attention is paid to the Concept of the development of the legal aid market and the tasks of the legal profession. Besides topics discovered, the Author analyzes the problems of protecting the professional rights of attorneys, the example of violation of the rights is provided by the case of attorney Diana Tsipinova in 2020 and the advocacy’s attempts to achieve a positive result. The problem of creating a specialized advocacy is revealed. The question of the mandatory internship for the purpose to acquire the status of an attorney is discussed. Defenсe standards and Standards of proof are observed. An example of the successful practice in the fi eld of people’s mental health of attorney Y. L. Ershov and his role in changing the law enforcement in mentioned area is given. The role of professional development of advocacy is shown.

scholarly journals Law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation: Incorporating a social services perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Lisa Deveau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Canadian Law

In this critical review and social innovation narrative, we analyze the literature regarding Canadian law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation and crisis intervention. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we consider how the skills and values of social work can be used to inform and train officers on essential skills such as de-escalation and conflict resolution. We look at the systemic barriers to bringing about change within Canadian police forces as the current culture continues to be influenced by colonization and law enforcement continues to value and endorse use of force over de-escalation. While services can benefit by applying an interdisciplinary lens when training officers, the factors that impede this union and collaboration are discussed and explored as police services are given immense discretion in how they train and respond to mental health crises. In conclusion, we examine the government’s role in perpetuating these issues.

A national study of the availability of law enforcement agency wellness programming for officers: A latent class analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 146135572110640
Author(s):  
Bruce G Taylor ◽  
Weiwei Liu ◽  
Elizabeth A. Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Substance Use Treatment ◽  
Class Analysis

The purpose of this study is to understand the availability of employee wellness programs within law enforcement agencies (LEAs) across the United States, including physical fitness, resilience/wellness, coping skills, nutrition, mental health treatment, and substance use treatment. The research team investigated whether patterns of LEA wellness programming are identifiable and, if so, what characteristics describe these patterns. We assess using latent class analysis whether there are distinct profiles of agencies with similar patterns offering different types of wellness programs and explore what characteristics distinguish agencies with certain profiles of wellness programming. Data were from a nationally representative sample of 1135 LEAs: 80.1% municipal, 18.6% county and 1.3% other agencies (state-level and Bureau of Indian Affairs LEAs). We found that many agencies (62%) offer no wellness programming. We also found that 23% have comprehensive wellness programming, and that another group of agencies specialize in specific wellness programming. About 14% of the agencies have a high probability of providing resilience coping skill education, mental health and/or substance use treatment services programming. About 1% of the agencies in the United States limit their programming to fitness and nutrition, indicating that fitness and nutrition programs are more likely to be offered in concert with other types of wellness programs. The analyses revealed that agencies offering broad program support are more likely to be large, municipal LEAs located in either the West, Midwest or Northeast (compared with the southern United States), and not experiencing a recent budget cut that impacted wellness programming.

Characteristics of persons who die on their first suicide attempt: results from the National Violent Death Reporting System

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1390-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua T. Jordan ◽  
Dale E. McNiel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Violent Death ◽  
Legal Problem ◽  
History Of ◽  
Life Circumstances

AbstractBackgroundMuch of suicide research focuses on suicide attempt (SA) survivors. Given that more than half of the suicide decedent population dies on their first attempt, this means a significant proportion of the population that dies by suicide is overlooked in research. Little is known about persons who die by suicide on their first attempt–and characterizing this understudied population may improve efforts to identify more individuals at risk for suicide.MethodsData were derived from the National Violent Death Reporting System, from 2005 to 2013. Suicide cases were included if they were 18–89 years old, with a known circumstance leading to their death based on law enforcement and/or medical examiner reports. Decedents with and without a history of SA were compared on demographic, clinical, and suicide characteristics, and circumstances that contributed to their suicide.ResultsA total of 73 490 cases met criteria, and 57 920 (79%) died on their first SA. First attempt decedents were more likely to be male, married, African-American, and over 64. Demographic-adjusted models showed that first attempt decedents were more likely to use highly lethal methods, less likely to have a known mental health problem or to have disclosed their intent to others, and more likely to die in the context of physical health or criminal/legal problem.ConclusionsFirst attempt suicide decedents are demographically different from decedents with a history of SA, are more likely to use lethal methods and are more likely to die in the context of specific stressful life circumstances.

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