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Experiences of police apprehension for psychosocial disability: a co-designed investigation
Police callouts for psychosocial distress occur every 12 minutes, and more than 6% of all people taken to hospital for psychosocial distress are taken by police, by force. The experience can be disabling and traumatic, yet there are limited alternative responses to psychosocial distress.
This project brought together a team from RMIT University and VMIAC to explore and document the experiences of people who have been taken by police to mental health services.
Project aims:
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To document, explore and amplify the voices of people who experience or are labelled with psychosocial disability who have experienced police apprehension under mental health legislation.
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Use this information to enhance ongoing policy reform, resulting in less disabling crisis responses.
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To develop a human rights-based training resource for guiding police interactions with people experiencing psychosocial distress.
Resources
Coming early 2023
Project Team
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Rory Randall, Consumer Academic, RMIT (Lead)
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Fiona Nguyen, Consumer Academic, RMIT
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Simon Katterl, Consumer Academic, RMIT & VMIAC Committee of Management
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Professor Stuart Thomas, Professor of Forensic Mental Health, RMIT
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Associate Professor Robyn Martin, Associate Dean Social Work & Human Services, RMIT
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Meena Singh, Yorta Yorta woman and Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
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Lucy Bashfield, RMIT