PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Metzner, JL
TI  - An introduction to correctional psychiatry: Part I
DP  - 1997 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 375--381
VI  - 25
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/375.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/375.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1997 Sep 01; 25
AB  - This article, to be published in three parts, provides an overview of relevant national guidelines/standards for providing mental health services within a correctional setting and describes essential characteristics of a mental health system designed to meet constitutional standards. Part I will provide a brief summary of pertinent epidemiological studies and an introduction to the most widely used national standards/guidelines. Part II will focus on organizational issues within correctional mental health systems, staffing issues, and psychiatric screening/ evaluation processes. Part III will address issues pertinent to treatment programs for inmates with serious mental illnesses, confidentiality, involuntary treatment, and management information systems.