PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Heilbrun, Kirk
AU  - Nunez, Catherine E.
AU  - Deitchman, Mary Ann
AU  - Gustafson, David
AU  - Krull, Kevin
TI  - The Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders: A National Survey of Psychiatrists
DP  - 1992 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 475--480
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/4/475.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/20/4/475.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1992 Dec 01; 20
AB  - A nationwide (U.S.) survey of major public mental hospitals treating patients who are incompetent for trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, mentally disordered sex offenders, or mentally ill inmates was conducted. Responses were received from 71 percent of the 115 facilities surveyed. Respondents were the directors of psychiatry from the respective facilities. The pattern of treatments delivered generally appeared clinically appropriate. However, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments were reported infrequently, even in areas in which they would be particularly useful.