Incarcerated Mentally Ill Patients It may sound unbelievable, but on any given day, scholars estimate that almost 70,000 inmates in U.S. prisons are psychotic; and up to 300,000 suffer from mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and bipola Continue Reading...
" (Finnerty, 2008) It is reported that those who suffer from co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems are also likely to be homeless. According to the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network (2000) "Co-occurring mental illnes Continue Reading...
MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN CRIMINAL JUSTICEAbstractTo a large extent, prisons and jails continue to be relied upon by the criminal justice system as an ideal mechanism for locking away offenders in efforts to deter, punish, reform, and ensure victims/aggri Continue Reading...
Ethics is a grey area in many instances within the medical community. Ethical codes help by providing guidance that allow for professional judgment or discretion and the idiosyncratic nature surrounding ethical dilemmas. As mentioned in the first lec Continue Reading...
Letter of Transmittal To the Head, Department of Jails There are often heavy psychological pressures on inmates as they are dislocated from the society. The type of interactions that happen in a prison setting also create psychological pressures a Continue Reading...
