Objective: A number of legal, social, and political factors over the past 40 years have led to
the current epidemic of psychiatric disorders in the US prison system. Although numerous …

The contract for safety is a procedure used in the management of suicidal patients and has
significant patient care, risk management, and medicolegal implications. We conducted a …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the lifetime history of suicide attempts in incarcerated youths and
psychological factors related to suicidal and self-mutilative behaviors during incarceration. …

This study examined whether the presence of a comorbid substance use disorder increased
the risk of criminal recidivism and reincarceration in prison inmates with a severe mental …

Most studies assessing the burden of psychiatric disorders in juvenile correctional facilities
have been based on small or male-only samples or have focused on a single disorder. Using …

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the formidable challenges to community reentry and
reintegration faced by US prison inmates with serious mental illness and to describe various …

This study examined the relationship between the overall rate of psychiatric disorders and
suicides in the nation’s largest state prison population. Data from 234,031 Texas Department …

The antidepressant bupropion plays an important role in the treatment of mental health
disorders. It is well known that incarcerated individuals are at increased risk of experimenting …

This practice parameter presents recommendations for the mental health assessment and
treatment of youths in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. Mental and substance-…

As the total number of persons held within the US immigration detention system has grown,
the number of detained persons with severe mental illnesses has grown correspondingly. …