Mind the gap: exploring stakeholder perspectives on police-led pathways to crisis mental health care for young people in Ireland

Over the past few decades, the level of police involvement at a community level in matters of mental health has increased significantly. Police are often the only agency immediately available day or night to respond to such emergencies and are often left to deal with mental illness and associated so...

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Main Author: Rooney, Louise (Author)
Contributors: Healy, Deirdre ; McNicholas, Fiona
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Policing and society
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 9, Pages: 913–929
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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