When somebody’s having a psychological well being disaster, what ought to they do? Who do they name? More and more it is the police and a Newsnight investigation reveals there’s been a large rise in psychological well being call-outs by individuals who’ve rung the police throughout the UK.
In Merseyside, mental-health associated incidents have gone up 313% in 5 years.
Some police chiefs suppose it is all the way down to lack of psychological well being providers in the neighborhood and officers more and more being seen as the primary resort for individuals in a disaster.
Newsnight’s Sima Kotecha goes out with Merseyside Police and a psychological well being nurse to take care of a name. This report comprises suicidal references.
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