Mental Illness

Use of force incidents that occur during mental health calls for officers who receive Crisis Intervention Team training are few and far between, but people are still hesitant to involve police in mental health crises.

Often miscast as violent criminals, most repeat defendants commit nonviolent crimes borne out of untreated addiction and mental illness, a Marshall Project analysis shows.

In most cases, people who repeatedly appear before the courts are not committing violent crimes.

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"Stigma can be devastating to those who are living with these diseases," Gov. Mike DeWine said. "Not only adding to the hardships of addiction and mental illness, but also preventing them from seeking the help they need to get well."

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