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Emergency care to 'persons with confused behavior': Lived experiences of, and collaboration between, police and members of a mobile crisis team - A hermeneutic-phenomenological study

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 68, 期 3, 页码 649-655

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0020764021994606

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Mobile crisis team; police; mental health; collaboration

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The study found that collaboration between police officers and MCT members in responding to emergencies involving 'persons with confused behavior' is challenging due to different perspectives and expectations leading to friction and stagnation. Police prefer prompt involvement of MCT, while MCT aims to provide accessible and problem-identifying services for police.
Background: Police officers and members of a mobile crisis team (MCT) are the two actors who respond to nuisance in Dutch society related to 'persons with confused behavior' and serious violent incidents. Their collaboration creates tension and dissatisfaction about roles and responsibilities. Aim: To explore the lived experiences of, and collaboration between, police officers and members of a MCT. Methods: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study with unstructured in-depth interviews of eight police officers and eight members of a MCT. Findings: The main findings in this study are that in the emergency care of 'persons with confused behavior' two very different professions are forced to work together, and that this collaboration is quite challenging. It becomes clear that different visions and expectations cause frustration in the collaboration. Police want the participation of the MCT as soon as possible after they are called in. The MCT wants to be easily accessible for police and can identify the great diversity of problems adequately but cannot solve all problems. There are shortcomings in adequate follow-up care provided by other health-care facilities. Conclusion: It turns out that it is extremely important for police officers that members of the MCT explain to them why a crisis assessment has a certain outcome. The exposed frictions and stagnation in the collaboration should be discussed openly as part of the process in order to acknowledge this and resolve it together. A recently started project called 'street triage', in which the police and MCT work together as one team and give a joint response, seems to remove a lot of the friction and stagnation. Further studies are needed to explore the effects of street triage by testing the validity of the hypothesis that street triage can close the gap between the two professions.

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