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1. Training police officers to distinguish mental illness.

Author

Janus SS, Bess BE, Cadden JJ, and Greenwald H

Subjects
Adult, Attitude, Communication, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, Psychology education, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Social Control, Formal
Abstract

The authors evaluated the impact of short-term intensive instruction by mental health professionals on police officers' attitudes toward the mentally ill and on their ability to distinguish between mental illness and other behavior. Compared with a control group who did not receive the special training the 80 officers showed increased interest in and sympathy for psychiatric problems.

Published
1980
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