Crisis Mental Health Responses
Crisis responses are emergency interventions to situations that occur when someone is experiencing acute distress. Police are typically dispatched as the first responders, despite growing recognition that they may not be the most appropriate personnel to handle crisis situations.
We are currently conducting a two-phase research program exploring alternative crisis response models, including co-responder teams and civilian-led teams:
We have recently completed Phase 2! In this phase, we spoke with people who have expert knowledge in crisis response—whether through lived experience, peer support, clinical practice, policing, advocacy, or policy work. We want to hear their views on the approaches we identified in our reviews and whether these pathways to restructuring crisis models could work in their own communities. Results will be available soon.
In Phase I, we conducted two scoping reviews—a research method used to summarize existing knowledge on a topic—to understand how crisis response models have been restructured into co-responder and civilian-led teams.
You can read our scoping reviews using the buttons below:
Meet the Researchers
Megan Rowe
Dr. Andrew Eaton
