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===First aid=== Training is gradually becoming available in mental health first aid to equip community members such as teachers, school administrators, police officers, and medical workers with training in recognizing, and authority in managing, situations where involuntary evaluations of behavior are applicable under law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/background |title=About |website=Mental Health First Aid USA |publisher=National Council for Behavioral Health |date= 2013-10-10|access-date=2013-12-21}}</ref> The extension of first aid training to cover mental health problems and crises is a quite recent development.<ref>{{ cite journal |last1=Kitchener |first1=Betty A. |last2=Jorm |first2=Anthony F. | title = Mental health first aid training for the public: evaluation of effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behaviour | journal = BMC Psychiatry |date=1 October 2002 | volume = 2 | page = 10 | pmid = 12359045 | pmc = 130043 | doi = 10.1186/1471-244X-2-10 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kitchener |first1=Betty |last2=Jorm |first2=Anthony |last3=Kelly |first3=Claire | title = Mental Health First Aid Manual | edition = 2nd | location=Parkville, Victoria |publisher=ORYGEN Youth Health Resource Centre | year = 2010 |isbn=978-0-9805541-3-7 |oclc=608074743 }}</ref> A mental health first aid training course was developed in Australia in 2001 and has been found to improve assistance provided to persons with an alleged mental illness or mental health crisis. This form of training has now spread to a number of other countries (Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, Scotland, England, Wales, and the United States).<ref>{{ cite journal |last1=Kitchener |first1=Betty A. |last2=Jorm |first2=Anthony F. |date=February 2008 | title = Mental health first aid: an international program for early intervention | journal = Early Intervention in Psychiatry | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 55β61 | pmid = 21352133 | doi = 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00056.x |s2cid=11813019 }}</ref> [[Mental health triage]] may be used in an emergency room to make a determination about potential risk and apply treatment protocols.
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