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Since 2020, at least four psychiatric patients discharged by a DMC hospital after a mental health crisis ended up dead—either by their own hand, or after a violent altercation with police.

DETROIT—Porter Burks was a 20-year-old Black man with schizophrenia in Detroit, and it’s difficult to fit many more comorbidities than that into a sentence. Some of these identifiers on their own would not suggest an early death, but a few certainly entail more danger than others.

"They were trying to communicate. Then all of the sudden it went helter-skelter. Its ridiculous."

Detroit police officials Monday announced the expansion of an initiative that deploys behavioral health specialists with officers to some emergencies.

City, police officials unveil Detroit mental health initiative Detroit — Some city police officers responding to runs that may involve the mentally ill soon will be accompanied by behavioral health specialists, as part of an initiative rolled out Monday which aims to address what Detroits top cop describes as one of the biggest challenges facing law enforcement. During a press conference at Public Safety Headquarters, Mayor Mike Duggan, Chief James Craig and Detroit Wayne Integrated Health ...

How to respond to a naked, unarmed, out-of-control mentally ill woman? As the 29-year-old woman flailed her arms and reportedly spit at him, Detroit Police Cpl. Dewayne Jones reacted with blunt force, in video captured by a bystander. Jones struck the woman about a dozen times, while another officer and hospital security worker sought to restrain her. Mentally ill behind bars 23 percent had serious mental illness   66 percent with serious mental illness also had incidents of substance abuse 5...