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Responding to Emotionally Disturbed Persons
A Manual For Law Enforcement Personnel
ISBN 0-9661970-7-0
Published 2003
by Laurie Cyr-Martel
Mental illness, crisis, suicide, death, and other topics discussed in this text are inherent in our lives. However, for those individuals in law enforcement, encountering death, violence, trauma, crisis, and those with mental illness is an everyday occurrence.
This publication is intended to bring information to the law enforcement community about dealing with those individuals who present to the officer in distress. It is not intended to replace the need for professional therapeutic and/or psychiatric assistance. And, it is definitely not intended to create counselors or social workers out of cops! Due to the interdisciplinary and comprehensive issues discussed, it is highly recommended this text be used in conjunction with law enforcement classes or for ones own personal information.
Material in this 206 page text includes:
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Chapter 1 -- Mental Illness and Criminal Justice
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Clinical Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Narcisstic Personality Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- The Psychopathic Personality
- Treatment of Personality Disorders
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Disordered Thinking
- Emotional Expression
- Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia
- Causes of Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia and Violence
- Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Prevention and Treatment
- Suicide Among the Elderly
- Suicide Among the Young
- Suicidal Myths
- Warnings of Suicide
- S.L.A.P.
- Contributing Factors
- Suicide Pacts
- Suicide Clusters
- Suicide By Cop
- Violence
- Motivations For Violence
- Preparations
- Survivor Information
- Conducting the Notification
- Assessing the Situation
- Providing Referrals
- Ending the Notification
- Active Listening
- Encountering Specific Situations
- Conclusion
- Stages of Human Development
- Toddler Through Preschool
- Violence in Children
- Potential Warning Signs for Violence in Children
- The Warning Signs of Violence
- Determining Characteristics of Violence
- Risk Factors
- Suicide Assessment Questions
- Questions for Assessment of Suicide and Violence
- Drugs
- Famous People With Mental Illness
Chapter 2 -- Defining Mental Illness
Chapter 3 -- Manifestations of Mental Illness
Chapter 4 -- Encounters with the Juvenile
Chapter 5 -- Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 6 -- Disturbances of Mood
Chapter 7 -- Personality Disorders
Chapter 8 -- Schizophrenia
Chapter 9 -- Substance Abuse
Chapter 10 -- Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 11 -- Crisis
Chapter 12 -- Suicide
Chapter 13 -- Homicide
Chapter 14 -- Death Notifications
Chapter 15 -- Communication, Diffusing, and De-Escalating
Appendix
Bibliography
References and Resources
Suicide Resources
Organizations
Glossary
About the Author
Ms. Cyr-Martel began her work with Emergency Systems in 1973 working with a volunteer ambulance and search and rescue team in CT. After obtaining MICU Paramedic Status in California, she located in Maine and worked for several years as a paramedic before seeking advanced degree’s in behavioral science and counseling psychology. She has worked as a child therapist, crisis counselor, and Clinical Coordinator of a local Mental Health Crisis Mobile Outreach Team. After accepting her current position, (employed by the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services for the State of Maine, assigned to the Lewiston Police Department providing behavioral, psychological, and crisis management services for the community on a nightly basis), she was sent to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to complete the Police Reserve Training.
Ms. Cyr-Martel is a member of the New England Crisis Negotiators Association, the American Counseling Association, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and serves on a State Crisis Debriefing Team. Laurie also works with the Juvenile Firesetters Program and has provided training for the Governors Task Force of Youth Suicide. Ms. Cyr Martel also provides numerous trainings for emergency service providers on a variety of topics from Health and Wellness for EMS and Law Enforcement, Stress Management, and Suicide Prevention. Laurie resides in Auburn Maine with her daughter Elizabeth.