提高警方对自杀相关紧急情况的反应能力：联合反应式警务-心理健康项目有效性的新证据。
Improving police responses to suicide-related emergencies: New evidence on the effectiveness of co-response police-mental health programs.
机构信息
School of Criminology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
出版信息
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2021 Dec;51(6):1095-1105. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12792. Epub 2021 Jul 13.
BACKGROUND
Several police organizations have implemented training programs and co-response police-mental health programs to improve interventions among people in crisis. Some researchers have questioned the "one size fits all" approach of these programs and their ability to improve the management of specific psychosocial emergencies such as suicide-related behaviors.
OBJECTIVES
This study evaluates the effect of a co-response police-mental health program introduced by the Laval Police Department to improve interventions in suicide-related calls.
METHODS
Propensity score matching techniques were used to match 130 observations of a control group with 251 observations of a treatment group. Average treatment effects (ATEs) were then computed.
RESULTS
Results indicate that the co-response program was associated with significant decreases in police use of force (ATE = -0.077; p ≤ 0.05) and transports to hospital (ATE = -0.773; p ≤ .01). Increases were observed in referrals to community resources (ATE = 0.285; p ≤ 0.01), and individuals managed through their social network (ATE = 0.530; p ≤ 0.01).
CONCLUSION
The findings suggest that co-response police-mental health programs can improve the management of people showing suicide-related behaviors.
背景
为了改善危机人群的干预措施，一些警察机构已经实施了培训计划和警察-心理健康联合响应计划。一些研究人员对这些项目的“一刀切”方法及其改善自杀相关行为等特定心理社会紧急情况管理的能力提出了质疑。
目的
本研究评估了拉瓦尔警察局推出的警察-心理健康联合响应计划对改善与自杀相关电话干预的效果。
方法
使用倾向评分匹配技术将对照组的 130 个观察值与治疗组的 251 个观察值进行匹配。然后计算平均处理效应（ATE）。
结果
结果表明，联合响应计划与警察使用武力的显著减少（ATE=-0.077；p≤0.05）和送往医院的人数减少（ATE=-0.773；p≤0.01）有关。向社区资源的转介增加（ATE=0.285；p≤0.01），通过社交网络管理的人数增加（ATE=0.530；p≤0.01）。
结论
研究结果表明，警察-心理健康联合响应计划可以改善对表现出自杀相关行为的人的管理。
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