Amy C Watson

..In districts with low service availability, higher CIT saturation increased direction to mental services. The opposite pattern emerged for contact only or informal call resolution. No effects were found for arrest as a call outcome...

..The effects of officer characteristics and perceptions of the subject on responses to the vignettes were also examined. Findings suggest several directions for training and future research...

..Its application to encounters between police and persons with mental illness is discussed. Implications and cautions for efforts to improve police response to persons with mental illness and future research also are examined...

..Additional moderators of the CIT effect on call outcomes include level of resistance and the presence of a weapon. Findings from this study have important implications for policy, practice and future research...

..These findings suggest that a brief educational program can be an effective intervention to increase knowledge and improve attitudes about mental illness...

..By moving our conceptualizations and research in this area to new levels of specificity, we may contribute more to effectiveness research on these interventions...

..First, they feel vulnerable and fearful of police, and second, the way police treated them mattered. Findings elaborate on dimensions of procedural justice theory and are informative for police practice and mental health services...

..Implications of these findings for better understanding the stigma of mental illness, and the development of anti-stigma programs, are reviewed...

..This article discusses examples of structural stigma that results from state governments' enactment of laws that diminish the opportunities of people with mental illness...

..Insight was significantly associated with number of endorsed solutions, while the interaction between insight and empowerment described a nonsignificant trend. Implications of these findings for stigma change are discussed...

..Then we discuss the implications of structural models for advancing our understanding of mental illness stigma, including the methodological challenges posed by this paradigm...

..Contact effects were evident at post-test and 1 week follow-up. Implications of these findings for future research are discussed...

..Findings provide partial support for the proposed mediational processes and point to GI, PL, and stereotype agreement as areas to be considered for intervention...

..Family stigma related to drug dependence, however, is worse than for other health conditions, with family members being blamed for both the onset and offset of a relative's disorder and likely to be socially shunned...

..This study examined current trends in the news media on reporting topics of mental illness...

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..We propose a balanced approach that combats the various myths about mental illness with factual information...

..Participants were aware of negative attitudes about mental illness, and might have limited their social networks to shield themselves...

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..Implications of this model for stigma change are discussed...

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..Implications for continued research in this area are highlighted throughout the article...

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..Implications of these findings on strategies that seek to increase resources for mental health programs are discussed...

..A significant portion of police work involves contact with persons who have mental illness. This study examined how knowledge that a person has a mental illness influences police officers' perceptions, attitudes, and responses...

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..This in turn may increase law enforcements' ability to effectively respond to persons with mental illness, reduce officer injuries, and improve public safety. ..

..This program of research will inform policy and practice aimed at improving officer, consumer and public safety and increasing access and linkages to mental heath treatment for persons with mental illness. ..