Police response to crisis | All persons (N=321) | Persons without care contact in year before crisis (N=162) | ||||||||
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Frequency of response | Increase in number of contacts per month# | Frequency of response | Persons with contact in month after crisis | Persons with contact in subsequent year | ||||||
N | % | Mean | SD | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Dealt with by police | 156 | 49 | 1.3¶ | 5.9 | 94 | 58 | 5 | 5§ | 19 | 20¶ |
Mental healthcare contacted | 88 | 27 | 7.4¶ | 12.6 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 41§ | 17 | 59¶ |
Evaluation at police station | 44 | 14 | 7.0¶ | 10.8 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 60§$ | 12 | 60¶ |
Other care contacted | 33 | 10 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 26§$ | 7 | 37 |