TY - JOUR 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 SP - 436 LP - 438 VL - 35 IS - 4 AU - David L. Vlach AU - Anasseril E. Daniel Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/35/4/436.abstract N2 - 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. ER -