Blog 3/23
I came across this article in Time magazine the other day called “De-criminalizing Mental Illness”. It was an interesting article concerning law enforcements handling of suspects who may be having a psychotic break. Law enforcement agencies across the country have implemented CIT , Crisis Intervention Teams; these teams teach fellow officers how to approach the psychotic suspects and they are using technology that allows officers to see what it feels like to have hallucination. It’s a new machine called “Virtual Hallucination”; this machine has visual, verbal and olfactory stimuli that creates the sensation that you are having a hallucination. What a better way to teach officers how a schizophrenic feels in throws of a psychotic break. It would be a great learning tool for all mental health providers. I have provided a link to the Time’s story and to a great Youtube video about the Virtual Hallucination.
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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1651002,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lByJfYQ4w
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Pretty interesting. I agree with your thought of having all mental health providers testing out this tool to learn more about what their clients are experiencing.
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