Eleven‐Month Arrest Outcomes Among Three Crisis Response Models in Michigan | Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
Objective Mobile crisis and co‐response models are increasingly popular mental health crisis response alternatives to law enforcement. In theory, crisis response models could increase behavioral health treatment connections and divert people with mental illnesses from jails. This exploratory study compares post‐year arrests of individuals who received services from three crisis response models (co‐response, mobile crisis, and office‐based crisis) against individuals who received law enforcement‐only responses in five communities. Methods Medicaid billing data and clinician service records identified (n = 474) crisis service recipients of two co‐response models, two mobile crisis models, and one office‐based crisis model in Michigan. Researchers collected law enforcement reports (n = 690) of mental health crises in the respective jurisdictions. Michigan State Police data revealed subject‐level pre‐ and post‐year arrests. Inverse probability of treatment weighting accounted for differenc
