Mental Health Workers to Join on Call-Outs in World-First Trial

December 15, 2015

(Sydney Morning Herald) – Health workers will join police on call-outs to ‘de-escalate’ mental health emergencies in a world-first attempt to decriminalise’ mental illness in WA. Nurses, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists will get police response training, and 20 police officers will get training in recognising and defusing mental health-related situations, for the trial to start next month.