Dying at the Intersections: Police-Involved Killings of Black People With Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Jun;72(6):623-625. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000942.

Authors

Sonya M Shadravan¹, Matthew L Edwards¹, Sarah Y Vinson¹

Affiliation

¹ Office of Diversion and Reentry, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles (Shadravan); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California (Edwards); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta (Vinson).

PMID: 34110254
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000942

No abstract available

Keywords: Community mental health services; Crisis intervention; Forensic psychiatry; Lethal use of force; Police; Racism.

MeSH terms

Black or African American
Crisis Intervention
Homicide
Humans
Mental Disorders*
Police*