U.S. Department of Justice

Current Issues in Correctional Psychiatry

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Feb. 24, 2010

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  • 024280

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  • 2009
  • 56 pages.

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ANNOTATION: This presentation of issues regarding the provision of mental health services to inmates will provide vital information for all individuals required to work with offenders having mental health problems. Some of the topics discussed include: Three essential elements required for establishing a constitutionally adequate correctional mental health system; security classification does not determine treatment need; levels of care; essential components of a comprehensive mental health system; mental health issues related to lockdown units (i.e., segregation); mental health input into the disciplinary process; discharge plans for inmates with serious mental illness.
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