CRM/LAW C100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Community Mental Health Service, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychiatric Hospital
16 Jun 2018
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Week 1 – History of Criminalization of Persons with Mental Illness (PWMI) Ch. 1 & 2
â—ŹWhat are the levels of government? What types of programs, institutions, or services are offered at each
level?
olocal, state, and federal (medicaid)
â—ŹDescribe the serious mental illnesses focused in this course. How does the criminal justice system treat
PWMI?
oschizophrenia
â–Şhallucinations, delusions, cognitive disorganization, negative symptoms
oschizoaffective disorder
â–Şconcurrent mood swings, symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorder
obipolar disorder
â–Şmania, depression, psychotic symptoms characterized by defective or lost contact with
reality such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior
omajor depressive disorder with psychotic feature
â–Şextreme lows, no manic component
omore PWMI reside in jails than hospitals, CJ practitioners are untrained and ill-equipped to deal
with PWMI
â—ŹWhat are the general attitudes towards PWMI in various time periods? What types of treatments were
available for PWMI, if at all, in these time periods?
opre-civilization: PWMI attributed to evil spirits, treatment was banishing thru death or removing
parts of individual skull to release spirits (trephination)
oancient civilization: first to identify conditions as mental illness, treatment was laxatives and
surgeries to cleanse the body of impurities (wanted to treat them)
omiddle ages: religious institutions and government together, people were not treated instead seen
as witches/evil and were tortured and burned
orenaissance: created first hospital for lunatics to treat the insane
opre-civil war: mental illness was seen as immorality, psychiatric institution created, emphasize
for treatment not punishment
â—ŹWhat are the differences in the treatment of PWMI from the past to the present?
otreatment in the past was more severe, involved death, invasive surgeries, torture and now we
actually want to treat or help them get better
â—ŹHow does the representation of mental illness in the criminal justice population compare to the general
population?
oPWMI in the CJ system are in there for petty offenses, not really violent. The general population
view PWMI as violent and dangerous
â—ŹDescribe the process of the deinstitutionalization of mental illness.
omoving people from hospitals to the community
oreplacing long stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for
PWMI
â–Şreduce population in mental institutions by shortening their stays
â–Şreduce admission and readmission
â–Şreforming mental hospitals institutional process to reduce reinforcement of dependency,
hopelessness, and other behaviors
ohas left PWMI homeless and without care
ocreated stigma and fear
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Document Summary
Week 1 history of criminalization of persons with mental illness (pwmi) ch. What types of programs, institutions, or services are offered at each: local, state, and federal (medicaid) Describe the serious mental illnesses focused in this course. What are the differences in the treatment of pwmi from the past to the present: treatment in the past was more severe, involved death, invasive surgeries, torture and now we. The general population view pwmi as violent and dangerous. Describe the process of the deinstitutionalization of mental illness: moving people from hospitals to the community, replacing long stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for. 1: arrest rate were higher for pwmi. Week 2 challenges and needs with pwmi (ch. Write to public relation department, director, owner in media reports and ads protest education contact. What are misconceptions about pwmi: they are violent, commit the most violent crimes.
