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Police management of mental health crisis situations in the community: status quo, current gaps and future directions

Fanny de Tribolet-HardyCentre for Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Dragana KesicCentre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Stuart David Michael ThomasCentre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 294-307 | Received 01 Jan 2013, Accepted 02 Oct 2013, Published online: 07 Jan 2014

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