Mental health education for the Vancouver police department

dc.contributor.authorHartley, Elysia
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorHaight, Katherine
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T19:35:40Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T19:35:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractPolice officers continuously work with individuals who struggle with mental health issues. Concerns regarding criminalization of individuals with mental illness, ineffective use of the emergency department, and inadequate mental health training for police officers are identified in the literature (Coleman & Cotton, 2014; McKenna et al., 2015). Mental health education can improve health outcomes for individuals with mental health illness and who have encounters with police. This need for further education prompted the creation of an education resource that was presented to the Vancouver Police Department in a 2-hour learning session. Data was collected using participant feedback forms and both formative and summative evaluation was used to measure success of project goals. The findings concluded that mental health educational resources can improve police officer knowledge and understanding of the mental health system, the mental health act, and risk assessments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5574
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectNursing [0569]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProject (University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectPoliceen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectLaw enforcementen_US
dc.subjectMental health education.en_US
dc.titleMental health education for the Vancouver police departmenten_US
dc.typeProjecten_US
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