First responders evacuated an apartment building in Vancouver Friday evening after a fire broke out in one of the units. The initial emergency call was for someone in a possible mental health crisis ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fire crews responded to a report of an agitated person escalated to a fire evacuation at a Vancouver apartment building on Friday evening. Vancouver Fire Department says they ...

Agitated people tend to be described in cataclysmic ways: She exploded, he had a meltdown, she blew her top, he burned with rage. What fuels these cataclysms of arousal? Perhaps a better question is: ...

The Vancouver Fire Department says a call for an agitated person Friday evening escalated into a fire response and evacuation at an apartment building in Vancouver’s Bagley Downs neighborhood. The ...

The term ‘excited delirium’ has been associated with a number of recent high-profile deaths in law enforcement custody. George Floyd, Tommy McGlothen, Eric Parsa, and for Ronald Greene, the Union ...

Police said one person was killed during a robbery attempt in Bellaire early Saturday morning. A Bellaire police officer heard gunshots around 3 a.m. Saturday and located three agitated persons ...

The use of de-escalation strategies has proven time and time again to be one of the most effective ways to keep the peace and prevent dangerous situations on campus from intensifying to the point ...

Combative and agitated behavior in people with dementia is not rare. Managing this behavior is difficult. Research is limited but cannabis may be of help. The concepts of cannabis use in our society ...