Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch

About this episode

This episode discusses Durham, North Carolina's innovative approach to mental health crisis response.

A collaboration with American Public Media’s Call to Mind, highlighting how Durham, North Carolina, has reimagined its mental health crisis response system — and what it has learned. Find more reporting on mental health from Call to Mind on their website , on your local public radio station, or by subscribing to the Call to Mind podcast . Guests: Patrice Andrews , Police Chief, Durham Police Department Ryan Smith , Director, Durham Community Safety Department Sgt. Dan Leeder , Durham Police Department Abena Bediako , Clinical Manager, Durham Community Safety Department David Prater , Peer Support Specialist, Durham Community Safety Department Yolanda, Durham resident John Warasila , Real estate developer and architect, Alliance Architecture Bo Ferguson , City Manager, Durham Learn more and read a full transcript on our website . Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring our latest reporting on health care's toughest choices. Donate to support our work. Tradeoffs is a nonprofit, powered by listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guests: Patrice Andrews, Ryan Smith, Sgt. Dan Leeder, Abena Bediako, David Prater, Yolanda, John Warasila, Bo Ferguson

Topics covered

• mental health
• crisis response
• community safety
• public health
• Durham

Keywords

• mental health
• crisis response
• Durham
• community safety
• public health
• Call to Mind

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Public Media

Places: Durham, North Carolina

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