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Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Incident Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness: A Toolkit for State Mental Health Commissioners
Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Incident Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness: A Toolkit for State Mental Health Commissioners
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 16, 2012
ANNOTATION: “The toolkit is designed to provide broad information and focuses primarily on helping you prepare for, respond to and successfully navigate an incident that captures significant public and media attention.” While it is written for mental health commissioners, it provides valuable information that can easily be used in your agency in the event you face a tragic, high-profile incident with a violent mentally ill offender. This publication has sections about what to do before, during, and after an incident. It also has the following ancillary materials with instructions on their use—backgrounders, fact sheets, resources, checklists/contact sheets, and a copy of “Effective Crisis Leadership: Initial Communications Pocket Guide”. An appendix includes the “Mental Illness and Violence Literature Review”.
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