Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response

Rob Waters¹

• ¹This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Rob Waters (robwaters2@gmail.com) is an independent writer in Oakland, California, who writes about health and science and has contributed to Kaiser Health News, STAT, Mother Jones, and Psychotherapy Networker, among other publications. Waters is also an editorial consultant for the Steinberg Institute, which advocates for mental health services, including mobile crisis response efforts.