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Police-Clinician Co-Response Calms Campus Mental Health Crises

By: Alexander C. Kafka, The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Overall, says Abbott, if colleges have the resources to start an effective co-response program, they should.”

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William James College Professors

Fueled by Partnership: Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Team Takes to the Road, Expanding Reach and Sharing Expertise.

By: Hannah Van Sickle for William James College

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Edgartown Police

As Mental Health Crisis Surges, So Does a Push for Co-Response

By: Julia Goujiamanis, Martha’s Vineyard Times

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Dr. Sarah Abbott Presnet the co-Response Model

Collaborating in the Field: Doubling down on the Co-Response Model

By: Hannah Van Sickle for William James College

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A Boston police officer ran to an apartment building at the Fairlawn Apartments in Mattapan after a suspect who fired a gun at
firefighters was captured

SWAT was Called to Mattapan Apartment Building Hours Before Man Shot at Firefighters, Documents Say

By: Sean Cotter and Alexa Coultoff, The Boston Globe

“Associate Professor Sarah Abbott, Director of the Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health at William James College in Newton, said police are limited in how they may respond when a person in crisis is alone and not threatening anyone.”

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Behavioral Health Crises Call for Response, but from whom, and how?

By: Dr. Sarah Abbott, Letter to the Editor, The Boston Globe

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In Framingham, Mental Health Clinicians Respond with Police Officers: “It’s Critical”

By: Jeff Sapperstone, NBC10 Boston

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The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism (Flutie Foundation), a leading non-profit in the autism community, partnered with the William James College Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health.

WCVB Highlights William James College and Flutie Foundation Conference

By: Katie O' Hare, Williams James College

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SGT. Jay Ball and Dr. Sarah Abbott.

Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Speaks at the 4th Annual Co-Responder Conference

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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Left to Right: Dr Andrew Lacey, Dr. Sarah Abbott, and Chief Lester Baker

William James College and Department of Mental Health Co-Sponsor Inaugural Co-Response Research Symposium

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Featured in William James College Annual Rapport Magazine

Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Featured in William James College Annual Rapport Magazine

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Featured in William James College Annual Rapport Magazine

Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health Presents at William James College Forensic Day

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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William James College Launches First-of-a-Kind Police, Mental Health Practitioner Co-Response Training Program

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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Co-response programs pair officers with mental health professionals.

GBH: Lexington Shooting Revives Calls for Mental Health Co-Response Models

By: Staff Writer, William James College

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