Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

BC Schizophrenia Society – Police project
Police intervention in emergency psychiatric care : a blueprint for change : backgrounder, executive summary.

Authors

• British Columbia Schizophrenia Society, issuing body.

Publishers

• Richmond, B.C. : British Columbia Schizophrenia Society, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (iii, 101 pages) : charts

Note

"July 2006".

Summary

"The purpose of this project was to examine factors influencing long wait times for police accompanying psychiatric patients in emergency wards in British Columbia hospitals, and to propose possible solutions to alleviate the problem."--Page 1.

Subject

• Psychiatric emergencies - British Columbia.
• Psychotherapy patients - British Columbia.
• Police services for the mentally ill - British Columbia.
• Hospitals - Admission and discharge - British Columbia.