Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)

Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Generally, the underlying element behind mental illness-related behavior is usually not ___________ - ✔✔Criminal or malicious About ___ of US adults suffer for a severe form of menta ...

Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Generally, the underlying element behind mental illness-related behavior is usually not ___________ - ✔✔Criminal or malicious About ___ of US adults suffer for a severe form of mental illness according a report for the Treatment Advocacy Center - ✔✔3% Implementing effective strategies can help keep the officer safe, keep the public safe, and greatly reduce _______ - ✔✔Civil liability Severe mental illnesses account for at least a _____ of all fatalities involving law enforcement. - ✔✔Quarter Although individuals with mental illness comprise fewer than 4 in every 100 adults in America, individuals with mental illness generate no less than _____ calls for police service - ✔✔1 in 10 Estimated _____ individuals transported to hospital emergency rooms in psychiatric crisis are taken there by police - ✔✔1 in 3 There are _______ situations in which law enforcement uses unnecessary, excessive or deadly force during encounters with individuals in mental health crisis. - ✔✔Reoccurring Approximately _______ people in prison [nationwide] would likely have been in mental hospitals in the past - ✔✔40,000 to 72,000 Deinstitutionalization and lack of community mental health resources resulted in _______ instead of treatment - ✔✔Incarceration "risk of being killed when approached or stopped by law enforcement in the community is ____ higher for individuals with untreated serious mental illness than for other civilians" - ✔✔16 times Washington Post investigative reporters undertook a large research endeavor in an attempt to better classify and identify police use of force. Their findings indicated ____ fatal officer-involved shootings in 2015 - ✔✔990 In some cases, when the police arrive, the subject is holding an implement that may be perceived as potentially harmful and results in a _______ encounter - ✔✔Deadly force Origin of Training and Community Awareness: The program was conceived in Memphis TN., after police shot a 26-year-old man with mental illness. - ✔✔In September 1987, White Memphis police officers answered a 911 call. A young African American man with a history of mental illness was cutting himself with a knife and threatening suicide. Police officers are trained to respond with deadly force when they perceive their lives are in danger. At the outset of the incident, it appeared that the only life in danger was the young man's, from self-inflicted wounds. As they were trained to do at the time, officers at the scene confronted the man and demanded he drop his weapon. At this, he became more upset and ran at the officers who, in fear for their own safety, opened fire and killed him....Although the welfare of both officers and the mentally ill in situations of confrontation had been a concern for some time, this death, with its racial overtones, was the catalyst that resulted in the creation of CIT a year later Texas State Bill 1849 (Senator Whitmire) - ✔✔-Sandra Bland Act -Law enforcement officers are required to learn de-escalation techniques to reduce the use of force. -"Each law enforcement agency shall make a good faith effort to divert person suffering from mental health crisis or substance abuse to proper treatment." -Establishes an easier process by which people with mental illness and/or intellectual disability can receive personal bond The primary goal of CITs involves ________ with mental illness who are in crisis and referring them to mental health care service, rather than incarcerating them. - ✔✔Calming persons CIT has been shown to positively impact: - ✔✔-officer perceptions -decrease the need for higher levels of police intervention -re-direct those in crisis from the criminal justice to the health care system The primary goal of CITs involves calming persons with mental illness who are in crisis and referring them to mental health care services, rather than incarcerating them. This goal...includes: - ✔✔-lessening injuries to officers -alleviating harm to the person in crisis -promoting decriminalization of individuals with mental illness -reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders -using a team approach when responding to crises Crisis Intervention Training is foremost about _______. This training is intended to assist officers in being able to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness and to respond: - ✔✔Officer safety -effectively -appropriately -professionally CIT may have a ________ on officers' attitudes by increasing exposure to and familiarity with mental illness - ✔✔Transformative effect Examples of mental illness include - ✔✔-depression -anxiety -schizophrenia -bipolar disorder -borderline personality disorder -eating disorders -addictive behaviors A mental health concern becomes a mental illness when ongoing signs and symptoms cause frequent stress and affect your _________ - ✔✔Ability to function A mental illness is a condition that impacts a person's _________ and may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis. - ✔✔Thinking, feeling or mood Mental illness is diagnosed based on behaviors and thinking as evaluated by a psychologist, licensed professional counselor, licensed social worker, or other qualified professionals most commonly using a tool known as the ______________ - ✔✔Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Insanity - ✔✔An unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or civil responsibility Texas Penal Code, Section 8.01, Insanity Is an affirmative defense to prosecution that, at the time of the conduct charged, the actor, as a result of severe ___________, did not know that his conduct was wrong - ✔✔Mental disease or defect The term 'mental disease or defect' does not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct. The term 'insanity' is not a psychological term, but is a legal term used as a defense to avoid __________ for certain acts. - ✔✔Criminal consequences The concept of "normalcy" is based upon what is accepted in a society or culture. "Norms" are based upon numerous variables: - ✔✔-Ethnicity -Religion -Occupation -Social group -Developmental level