Abstract
Mental health care in the United States is uncoordinated, underresourced, and overall insufficient. Mental health crisis care is much the same, but with much higher stakes. The lack of a comprehensive mental health crisis care system across the country has led to law enforcement involvement becoming the default system in most communities. Yet, an overwhelming majority of Americans want a better way; in a survey conducted in summer 2023, “85% of people sa[id] they want a mental health response to someone experiencing a mental health, drug or suicide crisis, not a police response.”...
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Recommended Citation
Katherine Menello, A Small Price to Pay for Better Mental Health Crisis Care: Why States Should be Funding the New 988 Hotline Through Phone Fees, 69 U. Rich. L. Rev. Online (2025).