Abstract
Background
Police routinely encounter individuals experiencing mental distress, despite being ill-equipped to do so. Mental health triage aims to address these concerns. A range of approaches to triage have been introduced, however no overview exists.
Methods
We conducted a systematic scoping review of mental health triage co-responding schemes. Eleven databases were searched to identify the literature; each scheme was charted and described.
Results
Thirty-three studies describing 47 schemes were included. Intervention details were generally poorly reported, however, differences in personnel, training and information sharing were identified.
Conclusions
There are multiple schemes in practice based on the co-responding model. Robust research into the cost and effectiveness of mental health triage is needed.
Police routinely encounter individuals experiencing mental distress, despite being ill-equipped to do so. Mental health triage aims to address these concerns. A range of approaches to triage have been introduced, however no overview exists.
Methods
We conducted a systematic scoping review of mental health triage co-responding schemes. Eleven databases were searched to identify the literature; each scheme was charted and described.
Results
Thirty-three studies describing 47 schemes were included. Intervention details were generally poorly reported, however, differences in personnel, training and information sharing were identified.
Conclusions
There are multiple schemes in practice based on the co-responding model. Robust research into the cost and effectiveness of mental health triage is needed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 859-895 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Policing |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 5 Sept 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2021 |
