Suggested Training and Experience for Forensic Mental Health Professionals to Improve Outcomes of Justice-Involved Individuals With Mental Illness
| Enhanced training topics |
| Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders |
| Trauma and its sequelae |
| Criminogenic factors contributing to recidivism |
| Behavioral and physical health care integration |
| Specialized justice and mental health collaborative services (e.g., mental health courts, CIT training, and re-entry programs) |
| Use of administrative data to inform treatment and enhance outcomes |
| Forensic, correctional, and public mental health administration and financing |
| Benefits for health care coverage and barriers to care across systems |
| Disability entitlements |
| Privacy protections and information-sharing across systems and with health information exchanges |
| Increased clinical exposure to justice and mental health collaborative services, such as specialty courts, re-entry programs, and others |