Abundant evidence demonstrates that enduring, endemic racism plays an important role in determining patient health.

CIT programs are partnerships between police and the mental health community members developed with little involvement from psychiatrists.

A public health approach to violence is required to help 21st-century policing evolve.

Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex.

Dr Amy Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss how crisis intervention teams can motivate efficiency and equity in tactical responses to 911 calls and what community mental health intervention might look like when we think beyond the limits of law enforcement response.

Dr Natalie Bonfine joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Mark R. Munetz: “Crisis Intervention Team Program Leadership Must Include Psychiatrists.”

Dr Jeremy Ackerman joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Tactical Emergency Casualty Care and the Art of Practicing Nonmaleficence in Harm’s Way.”

Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.

Division between medical and dental care exacerbates health inequity and forces many with compromised access to seek oral health care in emergency departments.

In 2015, a community health center in Boston, Massachusetts, implemented a model of interdisciplinary care in a nationwide pilot.