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When Healing Enters a Space Built for Control

What happens when healing enters systems built for control? This post explores trauma, accountability, and compassion inside ...
Las Vegas Sun

Clark County mobile crisis response pilot program shows promise

Clark County commissioners on Tuesday heard results from a pilot program that tested a new crisis response model to assist ...
Portland Mercury

Despite DOJ Intervention, Portland Police are Still Killing People in Mental Health Crisis

Terri Johnson never expected justice. Her brother Damon Lamarr Johnson died in June after being restrained by Portland police ...
Psychology Today

10 Differences Between Dangerous Minds and Criminal Minds

Here are the psychological differences between dangerous minds and criminal minds, and why recognizing risk early matters ...

The Silent Epidemic: Systemic Consequences of Chronic Sleep Deprivation

Chronic sleep deprivation acts as a systemic stressor, elevating risks for cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysregulation while impairing cognitive function.
IEEE

A Scenario-Based Model Predictive Control Scheme for Pandemic Response Through Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Abstract: This paper presents a scenario-based model predictive control (MPC) scheme designed to control an evolving pandemic via non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPIs). The proposed approach combines ...
SciELO

Predictors of response to cognitive-behavioral therapy in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review

Objective Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent and disabling disorder. Even when treated with the first-line intervention, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), 45% of the patients ...
WLRN

De-escalation, not police intervention: Miami mental health hotline, crisis response unit expands

When a mental health crisis unfolds in Miami-Dade County, a call to 1-866-SAFEMIA brings a different kind of first responder. Instead of armed officers, the Freedom House Mobile Crisis Team sends ...
Florida Politics

Managing Entities promotes mobile response interventions that drive down involuntary mental health admissions

New measure by the Dartment of Children and Families has reduced involuntary behavioral health admissions by 80%. New measures by the Florida Association of Managing Entities to divert patients who ...
Cochrane

Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for increasing functional behaviors and skills in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this review was to find out whether early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) can improve functional behaviors and skills, reduce the severity of autism ...
Frontiers

Beyond one-size-fits-all: managing mental health calls with the integrated Behavioral Emergency Assessment and Response (iBEAR) model

Several countries have committed to improving law enforcement response to behavioral emergencies through mental health crisis response and intervention training as well as by implementing crisis ...
sf

Mayor Lurie Launches Breaking The Cycle Fund To Deliver Transformation Of City's Behavioral Health and Homelessness Response

As City Faces Historic Budget Deficit, Fund Launches With $37.5 Million in Initial Private Funding Commitments. Mayor Lurie’s Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance—Passed 10-1 by Board of ...