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SUMMARY:Seminar: Dealing with the Disorder: Understanding how substance use
  and mental health diagnosis impact law enforcement engagement with citize
 ns
DESCRIPTION:As a community policing strategies change, new drug sentencing 
 guidelines emerge, and more calls for service involve someone under the in
 fluence of a mood-altering substance and/or an untreated mental health dia
 gnosis it is imperative that law enforcement be equipped with the knowledg
 e to recognize and respond to this population. This requires that we draw 
 on the distinctive expertise and experience of law enforcement, as well as
  the unique resources and insights of the community in which it serves.\n\
 n\nOn calls for service, if you encounter someone that is or has experienc
 es with drug or alcohol issue, there’s a good chance that a mental h
 ealth condition is present as well. In fact, the 2014 National Survey of D
 rug Use and Health estimates that one-third of people experiencing substan
 ce abuse issues also suffer from a mental illness. In the mental health fi
 eld, the relationship between mental illness and substance use is often re
 ferred to as “co-occurring disorder” or “dual diagnosis&
 rdquo; and a growing body of evidence supports a strong connection between
  the two.\n\n\nAlthough pinpointing the exact link between substance use a
 nd mental illness is difficult, we do know that substance abuse and many m
 ental illnesses are tied to similar centers of the brain. For example, dep
 ression depletes certain neurotransmitters while alcohol energizes the sam
 e system, offering temporary relief from depression’s symptoms. As s
 ymptoms re-emerge, individuals experiencing depression will often self-med
 icate with alcohol, leading to a vicious cycle of substance use.\n\n\nWhen
  law enforcement expertise is at the front end of the criminal justice eng
 agement (Intercept 0 and 1) it puts individuals in a position to be divert
 ed to the model of services to best meet their needs, remove barriers to s
 ervices, and decrease instances where the jail becomes a holding facility 
 for undiagnosed or untreated mental health and substance use related issue
 s and reduce jail liability. During this session we will discuss the colla
 borative approach to addressing substance use and mental health disorders 
 through the lens of a patrol office equipped with knowledge on how to navi
 gate systems and reduce agency liabilities through collaborative approache
 s.\n\n\nhttps://nsaconf.org
LOCATION:Dirksen
URL;VALUE=URI:https://nsaconf.org/v2/page/AgendaItem/3746
DTSTART:20260131T201500Z
DTEND:20260131T211500Z
UID:2026-04-10-19-34-10-0@nsaconf.org
DTSTAMP:20260411T003410
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