Responding to Individuals with Mental Illnesses
- ISBN-10
- 0763741108
- ISBN-13
- 9780763741105
- Category
- Criminal justice personnel
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Authors
- Michael T. Compton, Raymond J. Kotwicki
Description
This book describes the signs and symptoms of a variety of psychiatric illnesses, substance abuse disorders and developmental disabilities that may be encountered by first responders, public safety officials, and criminal justice professionals. Individual chapters describe specific categories of mental illnesses, and provide basic skills to enhance interactions with people who have these disorders, and who may be facing stressful situations.
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