RCNi Mental Health Practice: Evidence for joint police and mental health responses for people in mental health crisis (July 2016)

This article by Andrew Lancaster, a community mental health nurse, NHS Tayside Community Mental Health Team, Perth, Scotland, reviews the evidence on mobile crisis teams, which deliver a joint response from the police and mental health services to people in mental health crisis in the community.

Click here to download Evidence for joint police and mental health responses for people in mental health crisis, Lancaster A (2016), Mobile crisis response teams: the evidence for joint police and mental health responses to people in mental health crisis. Mental Health Practice 19:10, 20-26.