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- Title
Voluntary Registries: Filling the Critical Information Gap in First Response to Mental Health Crises.
- Authors
del Pozo, Brandon; Compton, Michael T.
- Abstract
We argue that voluntary mental health registries integrated into the 9-1-1 system, where patients and caregivers can establish a repository of this information, will help fill this information gap by enabling first responders to quickly understand the context of a call for service with a mental health component, and to make better informed decisions. Despite valid concerns about privacy, stigma, and the potential misuse of protected health information, such registries, if carefully designed and administered, can improve the health outcomes of 9-1-1 calls for service involving mental health-related crises.
- Subjects
REPORTING of diseases; PRIVACY; EVALUATION of medical care; CAREGIVERS; MENTAL health; SOCIAL stigma; MEDICAL ethics; POLICE
- Publication
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2022, Vol 50, Issue 2, p364
- ISSN
1073-1105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/jme.2022.63