HSC 4201 Chapter 11: The New Asylums-Mental Health Care in Jails and Prisons
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The new asylums: mental health care in jails and prisons. Have parents who themselves have arrest records. In the us, which imprisons a larger percentage of its citizens than any other country worldwide: 64% of local jail inmates are reported to have mental health problems. Timely access to services: some of the worst conditions are in juvenile justice centers . Adolescents from diverse cultural backgrounds and with a variety of disorders, criminal convictions, and family problems receive little or no treatment, and sometimes only multiple forms of medication. Even when treatment is available sever mental illness may preclude i(cid:374)(cid:373)ates" (cid:272)ooperatio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith their pres(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed (cid:373)edi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s s(cid:272)hedules. Without (cid:373)edi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) these i(cid:374)(cid:373)ates (cid:373)ay (cid:271)e i(cid:374)(cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of (cid:862)good (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior(cid:863) a prerequisite for parole or release. Legal leverage forces the patient to accept treatment and may involve ser(cid:448)i(cid:272)e pro(cid:448)iders taki(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol of the patie(cid:374)t"s disa(cid:271)ility i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d/or suspe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the patie(cid:374)t"s eligi(cid:271)ility for su(cid:271)sidized housi(cid:374)g.
