A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage
Abstract Background Police mental health street triage is an increasingly common intervention when dealing with police incidents in which there is a suspected mental health component. We conducted a systematic review of street triage interventions with three aims. First, to identify papers reporting...
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| author | Stephen Puntis Devon Perfect Abirami Kirubarajan Sorcha Bolton Fay Davies Aimee Hayes Eli Harriss Andrew Molodynski |
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| description | Abstract Background Police mental health street triage is an increasingly common intervention when dealing with police incidents in which there is a suspected mental health component. We conducted a systematic review of street triage interventions with three aims. First, to identify papers reporting on models of co-response police mental health street triage. Second, to identify the characteristics of service users who come in to contact with these triage services. Third, to evaluate the effectiveness of co-response triage services. Methods We conducted a systematic review. We searched the following databases: Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, EBSCO CINAHL, Scopus, Thompson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection, The Cochrane Library, ProQuest National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, EThoS, and OpenGrey. We searched reference and citation lists. We also searched for other grey literature through Google, screening the first 100 PDFs of each of our search terms. We performed a narrative synthesis of our results. Results Our search identified 11,553 studies. After screening, 26 were eligible. Over two-thirds (69%) had been published within the last 3 years. We did not identify any randomised control trials. Results indicated that street triage might reduce the number of people taken to a place of safety under S136 of the Mental Health Act where that power exists, or reduce the use of police custody in other jurisdictions. Conclusions There remains a lack of evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of street triage and the characteristics, experience, and outcomes of service users. There is also wide variation in the implementation of the co-response model, with differences in hours of operation, staffing, and incident response. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e85cb3e1a19240f59f424b9ae5caf57a2022-12-21T18:30:36ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2018-08-0118111110.1186/s12888-018-1836-2A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triageStephen Puntis0Devon Perfect1Abirami Kirubarajan2Sorcha Bolton3Fay Davies4Aimee Hayes5Eli Harriss6Andrew Molodynski7Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford HospitalOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Warneford HospitalMD Program, University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford HospitalOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Warneford HospitalCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Wayside HouseBodleian Health Care Libraries, University of OxfordDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford HospitalAbstract Background Police mental health street triage is an increasingly common intervention when dealing with police incidents in which there is a suspected mental health component. We conducted a systematic review of street triage interventions with three aims. First, to identify papers reporting on models of co-response police mental health street triage. Second, to identify the characteristics of service users who come in to contact with these triage services. Third, to evaluate the effectiveness of co-response triage services. Methods We conducted a systematic review. We searched the following databases: Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, EBSCO CINAHL, Scopus, Thompson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection, The Cochrane Library, ProQuest National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, EThoS, and OpenGrey. We searched reference and citation lists. We also searched for other grey literature through Google, screening the first 100 PDFs of each of our search terms. We performed a narrative synthesis of our results. Results Our search identified 11,553 studies. After screening, 26 were eligible. Over two-thirds (69%) had been published within the last 3 years. We did not identify any randomised control trials. Results indicated that street triage might reduce the number of people taken to a place of safety under S136 of the Mental Health Act where that power exists, or reduce the use of police custody in other jurisdictions. Conclusions There remains a lack of evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of street triage and the characteristics, experience, and outcomes of service users. There is also wide variation in the implementation of the co-response model, with differences in hours of operation, staffing, and incident response.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1836-2Police and mental healthStreet triageMental health crisisCrisis team |
| spellingShingle | Stephen Puntis Devon Perfect Abirami Kirubarajan Sorcha Bolton Fay Davies Aimee Hayes Eli Harriss Andrew Molodynski A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage BMC Psychiatry Police and mental health Street triage Mental health crisis Crisis team |
| title | A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage |
| title_full | A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage |
| title_fullStr | A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage |
| title_short | A systematic review of co-responder models of police mental health ‘street’ triage |
| title_sort | systematic review of co responder models of police mental health street triage |
| topic | Police and mental health Street triage Mental health crisis Crisis team |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1836-2 |
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