Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
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Police are often the front-line response to people experiencing mental health crises. This study examined the impact of an integrated mobile crisis team formed in partnership between mental health services, municipal police, and emergency health services. The service offered short-term crisis management, with mobile interventions being attended by a plainclothes police officer and a mental health professional. ⋯ Partnerships between the police department and mental health system can improve collaboration, efficiency, and the treatment of people with mental illness.