Abstract
CAHOOTS, a thirty-year-old Oregon program, has reduced calls to police and saved money. Now it's going national.
Highlights
Merritt, 32, felt like he couldn’t breathe
On the broadcast, filmed on his cell phone, he sits for long stretches of time, holding his head and staring grimly, his face a picture of misery and distress
He holds up a page from an art pad with a series of messages scrawled in pencil
Summary
Response team: Emergency medical technician Elle Natchke, in the driver’s seat, often partners with mental health crisis worker Lo Webb, providing crisis response through CAHOOTS to people in need in Eugene, Oregon.
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