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RECOGNIZING MENTAL ILLNESS: A PROACTIVE APPROACH VHS

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RECOGNIZING MENTAL ILLNESS: A PROACTIVE APPROACH VHS
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 Focuses on the relationship between law enforcement and the mental health community and provides instruction on how to handle situations involving persons with psychological disabilities. Highlights different types and causes of mental illness, including schizophrenia, disorganized speech, anxiety illness, mood disorders, major depression, personality disorders, brain damage, dementia, delirium, and Alzheimer's. Presents effective tactics used by peace officers when approaching and communicating with pe rsons suffering mental illness and profiles successful partnerships between law enforcement and mental health professionals.
     

 

 

 
 
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