Gillig P M, Dumaine M, Stammer J W, Hillard J R, Grubb P
Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1990 Jun;41(6):663-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.41.6.663.
A sample of 309 police officers in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, were interviewed about their contacts with mentally ill individuals and about their need for various kinds of information and assistance from the mental health system. During a one-month period, almost 60 percent of the officers had responded to at least one call involving a presumably mentally ill person, and 42 percent had responded to more than one such call. Twenty-two percent had dealt with a presumably mentally ill person who was also mentally retarded. Police officers indicated that they most needed access to information about an individual's past history of violence or suicide attempts, and quick on-site assistance by mental health professionals in assessing suicidal or hostile mentally ill persons.
对俄亥俄州辛辛那提市和哈密尔顿县的309名警察进行了访谈，了解他们与精神病患者的接触情况，以及他们对心理健康系统各类信息和援助的需求。在一个月的时间里，近60%的警察至少响应了一次涉及疑似精神病患者的报警电话，42%的警察响应了不止一次此类电话。22%的警察曾与一名疑似精神病患者打交道，该患者同时还患有智力障碍。警察表示，他们最需要获取有关个人过去暴力史或自杀未遂史的信息，以及心理健康专业人员在评估有自杀倾向或怀有敌意的精神病患者时提供的快速现场援助。
