Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch

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

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