RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Commentary: Evolving Toward Equivalency in Correctional Mental Health Care—A View From the Maximum Security Trenches
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 436
OP 438
VO 35
IS 4
A1 David L. Vlach
A1 Anasseril E. Daniel
YR 2007
UL http://jaapl.org/content/35/4/436.abstract
AB Developing and implementing community standards of care in correctional mental health and psychiatric practice will facilitate progress toward attaining equivalency in care in prisons and jails. Specialized therapeutic procedures such as application of restraints and seclusion when properly implemented are valuable tools in the treatment of the chronically mentally ill in prisons. The authors share some useful points for working in maximum‐security prisons.