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Mental Health Awareness for First Responders, 2nd Edition

Marc Laferriere, Stephanie Miloknay
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Mental Health Awareness for First Responders, Second Edition offers a Canadian perspective on the challenges first responders and helping professionals face in identifying and interacting with individuals living with mental health issues. Using relevant examples, real-life case studies, discussion questions and scenarios, this resource helps readers successfully navigate mental health and addictions issues while working in the criminal justice system in Canada.  

This resource offers key insights into both historical and emerging developments at the intersection of mental health and criminal justice in front-line professions. It clearly addresses common mental health issues that readers will come across in their careers and the specific strategies and resources needed to intervene with those in crisis. This text concludes with an examination of the ways in which Canadian organizations have responded to current mental crises and calls for systemic change. 

The second edition contains a new chapter devoted to the state of mental health interventions in correctional settings and court systems across Canada. It also incorporates new case studies, scenario boxes with discussion questions, as well as “Spotlight on Mental Health” boxes, personal interviews with front-line workers from across Canada.  

By examining mental health through a practical lens, readers will feel confident in their ability to respond to the mental health issues in a positive manner, making this an essential resource for current or aspiring professionals in law enforcement, emergency management, fire services, EMS, corrections, search and rescue, border services, social work, dispatchers, and other front-line workers.  

To purchase the Mental Health Awareness Bundle (Text and Handbook), 2nd Edition, please click here.

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ISBN
978-1-77462-084-7
Page Count
400
Publisher
Emond Publishing
Publication Date
March 2022
Status
Available
Subjects
First Responders and Emergency Management; Fitness and Lifestyle Management; Sociology and Psychology
Tags
Higher Education Policing, Security, and First Responders

  • A new chapter on corrections and mental health courts 

  • New “Spotlight on Mental Health” boxes, featuring interviews with frontline workers. 

  • Legislation discussed now includes Alberta and British Columbia statutes.  

  • “Voices from the Field” real-world Canadian scenarios, encouraging practical application and self-reflection  

  • New “Further Reading and Resources” section for students to dig deeper into various topics.  

  • New information about resiliency training and resources across Canada.  

  • New discussion on systemic racism in policing.  

  • More comprehensive coverage of de-escalation and Mental Health Training, including content specific to the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), corrections services, and policing. 

  • Updated information on Victim/Witness Assistance Programs in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. 

  • Also available: A companion text with self-care tools for first responders and helping professionals, Mental Health Awareness: Self-Care for First Responders, 2nd Edition 

Part I: Introducing Mental Health In Front-Line Work
Chapter 1: Justice and Injustice: A Brief History of Mental Health and Justice in Canada
Chapter 2: Context is Everything: A Look at the Current State of Mental Health in Canada’s Criminal Justice System
Chapter 3: Deinstitutionalization: Implications for Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Helping Professionals
Chapter 4: Mental Health in Corrections and Courts

Part II: Common Mental Health Issues
Chapter 5: Depression and Anxiety
Chapter 6: Addictions and Concurrent Disorders
Chapter 7: Personality Disorders and Schizophrenia
Chapter 8: Suicide Intervention

Part III: Mental Health Interventions for Those in Crisis
Chapter 9: It Takes a Community: Connecting and Collaborating for Service Delivery That Focuses on the Individual
Chapter 10: Working with Victims

Part IV: Emerging Trends
Chapter 11: Harm Reduction, Anti-Racism, and Systemic Change
Chapter 12: Resiliency and Organizational Responses

Chapter 1: Justice and Injustice: A Brief History of Mental Health and Justice in Canada.


The Struggle Back: Through the Criminal Justice System with Addictions and Mental Illness is a 30-minute documentary film produced by Arun Dhanota and Dan Rowe of Humber College. In the film, three individuals tell their stories of their experience with mental health and addictions and their subsequent interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. It is a rich, first-person account of what it’s like to be on the other side of the interaction and living with mental health issues. Instructors will have access to the full 30-minute documentary, as well as a short instructor handout to accompany the video with reflection and discussion questions.

  • Instructor's Guide

  • PowerPoint Presentations

  • Test Bank

  • Group exercises

  • Access to The Struggle Back documentary

  • The Struggle Back Instructor’s Guide

  • Further Reading and Resources

For free instructor resources, please contact instructor support.

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