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Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus: Improving Responses to People With Mental Illness
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This project has been a 2-year effort to develop recommendations, which reflect a bipartisan agreement among the stakeholders in the criminal justice and mental health systems to improve the response to people with mental illness who are involved with—or are at risk of involvement with—the criminal justice system.Abstract:
This article summarizes the impetus for and findings of the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project. This project has been a 2-year effort to develop recommendations, which reflect a bipartisan agreement among the stakeholders in the criminal justice and mental health systems to improve the response to people with mental illness who are involved with—or are at risk of involvement with—the criminal justice system. Stakeholders involved in consultations for the project included state lawmakers, police chiefs, officers, sheriffs, district attorneys, public defenders, judges, court administrators, state corrections directors, community corrections officials, victim advocates, consumers of mental health services, family members and other mental health advocates, county commissioners, state mental health directors, behavioral health care providers, and substance abuse experts. The success of the project will hinge largely on how effectively these flexible guidelines are shaped and molded to meet the pa...read more
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The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders The Current Landscape and Some Future Directions for Correctional Psychology
J. Stephen Wormith,Richard Althouse,Mark Simpson,Lorraine R. Reitzel,Thomas J. Fagan,Robert D. Morgan +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the treatment literature on offender rehabilitation is reviewed with the purpose of deriving further direction for researchers and clinicians in the field of correctional psychology, and a review is presented.
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Officer perceptions of police responses to persons with a mental illness
William Wells,Joseph A. Schafer +1 more
TL;DR: Results show the actual dispositions for the mentally ill frequently do not match the outcomes officers desire, and the training component of an innovative reform holds promise for improving officers' ability to respond to situations that involve the mentally mentally ill.
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Risk of Incarceration Between Cohorts of Veterans With and Without Mental Illness Discharged From Inpatient Units
TL;DR: Alcohol and drug problems appeared to account for much of the risk of incarceration among hospitalized veterans during the study period, and schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders were not independently associated with an increased likelihood of incarceration.
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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Engagement by Men and Women During Community Reentry Following Incarceration
TL;DR: Findings indicate that services were engaged at a lower-than-needed rate and barriers were greater for individuals leaving jails compared to prison or CBCF and Exploratory factor analysis of the barriers instrument is presented.
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Psychiatric disorders and unmet needs in Australian police cells
TL;DR: There remains a pressing need to evaluate standardized screening tools for mental illnesses in police cells to provide timely access to assessment and treatment services and for functional interagency collaborations.
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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that most subjects with a severe mental disorder also meet criteria for a substance abuse or antisocial personality disorder, and these findings suggest several changes in public policy regarding health care delivery in correctional settings and for the general population.
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