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January 2003

Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
March 2002

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Police officers join the front line in helping spot mental illness (Missouri)
Story in the Business Journal of Kansas City on Crisis Intervention Training for police and local mental health court pilot programs.  
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Hundreds finding help in new psychiatric ER (Indiana)
Story at IndyStar.com - "Open only since September, the city's sole psychiatric emergency room has treated hundreds of patients and begun to clear the way for more improvements in helping the mentally ill in crisis situations. In June, the organization that runs the ER at Wishard Memorial Hospital expects to begin training local police for a crisis intervention team that could be called to help in situations involving mental illness -- a move that would direct more patients to the emergency room."  
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Mental health: Involuntary help (Florida)
Opinion piece in the Florida Times Union that begins by noting that "Florida sheriffs say the police are now the de facto agency for administering the provisions of the Baker Act, Florida's law on mental health patient care."  
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