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Global Mental Health Reforms
Published Online: 12 June 2019

Law Enforcement and Clinician Partnerships: Training of Trainers for CIT Teams in Liberia, West Africa

Mina Boazak, M.D., Brandon A. Kohrt, M.D., Ph.D., Wilfred Gwaikolo, M.P.H., Sarah Yoss, M.P.H., Sehwah Sonkarlay, B.B.A., Pat Strode, Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., and Janice Cooper, Ph.D., M.P.A. [email protected]Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 70, Number 8
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800510
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Abstract

The crisis intervention team (CIT) model was developed in the United States to align law enforcement goals with those of mental health advocates and service users. Liberia is the first low-income country where CIT has been implemented. After preliminary training of law enforcement officers and mental health clinicians by U.S. CIT experts, the program is now entirely implemented by Liberian personnel. In this column, the authors describe topics addressed in the 5-day training-of-trainers process to prepare Liberian mental health clinicians and law enforcement officers to conduct the program, along with feedback received from participants. They hope that this model can guide future initiatives aimed at fostering collaboration of law enforcement and mental health services in global mental health.

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Psychiatric Services
Volume 70 • Number 8 • August 01, 2019
Pages: 740 - 743
PubMed: 31185851

History

Received: 11 November 2018
Revision received: 5 February 2019
Accepted: 4 April 2019
Published online: 12 June 2019
Published in print: August 01, 2019

Keywords

  1. Law and psychiatry
  2. Crisis intervention
  3. Law enforcement
  4. Training of Trainers

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Mina Boazak, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Brandon A. Kohrt, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Wilfred Gwaikolo, M.P.H.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Sarah Yoss, M.P.H.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Sehwah Sonkarlay, B.B.A.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Pat Strode
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Janice Cooper, Ph.D., M.P.A. [email protected]
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Boazak); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Kohrt); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Monrovia (Gwaikolo, Sonkarlay, Cooper); Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta (Cooper); Mental Health Program in Liberia, Carter Center, Atlanta (Yoss); Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Forsyth, Georgia (Strode); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Compton). Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D., and Pamela Scorza, Sc.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
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Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Cooper ([email protected]).

Funding Information

The research reported here was funded by the Carter Center. Dr. Kohrt is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH104310).The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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