Mental and behavioral health characteristics among individuals injuriously shot by police in the United States
Police are de facto mental health system responders. Associated harms may be reduced through triage systems to facilitate clinician involvement, extreme risk protection order statutes, and better police training and protocols.
Authors
- Julie Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-349X)
- Javier Cepeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0304-3172)
- Rebecca L. Fix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-3960)
- Cassandra K. Crifasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-5389)
- Paul Sasha Nestadt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2479-703X)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2585191
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31