Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The mental health crisis lifeline 988 will begin operating July 16, 2022. In the absence of appropriately trained first responders, including crisis intervention teams (CITs), persons experiencing behavioral health crises face the risk of incarceration and even death.

Objective

To assess county-level access to CIT in 2015 and 2020 and its association with area characteristics and state policies in 2020.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included 10 430 facilities from the 2015 National Directory of Mental Health Treatment Facilities and 10 591 facilities from the 2020 National Directory of Mental Health Treatment Facilities, attributed to 3142 US counties.

Exposures

Area measures included need (suicide, drug-related overdos

SUBMITTER: Newton H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9287760 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature