Available as virtual or in-person training
Research
Overview of Mental Illness
- Prevalence of mental health disorders
- Mood disorders
- Thought disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Anxiety disorders
Causes and Complexity
- Stress and mental health
- Race, gender, age, situational impacts
- Children
- The role of substance use
- Veterans
- Cultural awareness
How We Got Here
- De-institutionalization
- Criminalization of mental illness
- Revolving door of justice involvement
- Use of force during a crisis
- Myths versus reality
Respond
Cooling off a crisis
- De-escalating the environment
- De-escalating oneself
- Non-verbal de-escalation strategies
- Verbal de-escalation strategies
- Suicie prevention
Guest speaker with personal experience
Trauma
- Trauma in the criminal justice system
- Experiencing trauma in public safety
- Trauma reactions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Developing coping skills
Refer
Treatment and Resources
- What works
- Barriers to treatment
- Hospitalization
- Mobile Crisis Teams
- Community connections
- Decision model
Agency initiatives
- Co-responders
- Officer mental health
- Specialists
- Crisis call data collection
- Community partnerships