Correctional mental health administration

PT743. Mental Health status of Correctional Officers in Correctional Institutions

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between circadian types, temperament, and character. Methods: We analyze the data obtained from a total of 2910 students who undertook the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Composite Scale of MorningnessEveningness (CSM). According to the CSM score, the circadian types were classified as the morning type (MT), neith...

Mental health screening tools in correctional institutions: a systematic review

BACKGROUND Past studies have identified poor rates of detection of mental illness among inmates. Consequently, mental health screening is a common feature to various correctional mental health strategies and best practice guidelines. However, there is little guidance to support the selection of an appropriate tool. This systematic review compared the sensitivity and specificity of mental health...

Co-Operation in Mental Health Administration

As an effort has been made in Oxford City to coordinate all Mental Health services under the administrative control of the Medical Officer of Health it is thought that it may be of interest to the workers in other areas to hear of the results of this experiment. The coordinating Committee set out with the idea of treating all forms of mental disability as questions of Public Health to be dealt ...

Veterans Health Administration primary care-mental health integration initiative.

Resource document on the use of restraint and seclusion in correctional mental health care.

This resource document discusses the use of seclusion or restraint for purposes of mental health intervention in correctional facilities. Correctional mental health standards essentially state that seclusion or restraint, when used for health care purposes, should be implemented in a manner consistent with current community practice. The community practice was significantly impacted and revised...