Decriminalizing mental illness / edited by Katherine Warburton, Stephen M. Stahl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warburton, Katherine D., editor.

Stahl, Stephen M., 1951- editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Reports reveal an increase in the number of individuals with serious mental illness in jails, prisons and forensic hospitals. Despite the wide-ranging and devastating consequences of this 'criminalization' of mental illness, there remains a lack of information on the subject as well as on the provision of care for these patients. This important new book fills a gap in the literature by examining topics such as: the history and policy factors related to criminalization; original research on forensic populations; pharmacological and psychological treatment strategies; and principles and guidelines for diversion out of the criminal justice system. Contributions from leading experts in the field further our understanding of this important subject, offering advice on how to provide humane care for patients. A must have for all mental health clinicians including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and mental health nurses. A useful tool for mental health administrators and policy makers.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Contributors

Part I Introduction/Description of the Problem

Chapter 1 Balancing the Pendulum: Rethinking the Role of Institutionalization in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness

Chapter 2 Deinstitutionalization and Other Factors in the Criminalization of Persons with Serious Mental Illness and How it is Being Addressed

Chapter 3 A Brief History of the Criminalization of Mental Illness

Chapter 4 A Social History of Psychotic Illness

Chapter 5 Forensic Patients in State Psychiatric Hospitals: 1999-2016

Chapter 6 A Survey of National Trends in Psychiatric Patients Found Incompetent to Stand Trial: Reasons for the Reinstitutionalization of People with Serious Mental Illness in the United States

Chapter 7 Forensic Psychiatry and Mental Health in Australia: An Overview

Chapter 8 Community Forensic Psychiatric Services in England and Wales

Chapter 9 A Longitudinal Description of Incompetent to Stand Trial Admissions to a State Hospital

Part II Solutions

Chapter 10 Jail Diversion: The Miami Model

Chapter 11 Jail Diversion: A Practical Primer

Chapter 12 Principles and Practices of Risk Assessment in Mental Health Jail Diversion Programs

Chapter 13 Decriminalization in Action: Lessons from the Los Angeles Model

Chapter 14 Economics of Decriminalizing Mental Illness: When Doing the Right Thing Costs Less

Chapter 15 Decriminalizing Severe Mental Illness by Reducing Risk of Contact with the Criminal Justice System, Including for Forensic Patients

Chapter 16 The Cal-DSH Diversion Guidelines

Chapter 17 Decriminalizing Mental Illness: Specialized Policing Responses

Part III Psychopharmacological Treatment Considerations

Chapter 18 Dopamine Antagonist Antipsychotics in Diverted Forensic Populations.

Chapter 19 Monitoring and Improving Antipsychotic Adherence in Outpatient Forensic Diversion Programs

Chapter 20 Pharmacological Treatment of Violence in Schizophrenia

Part IV Nonpsychopharmacological Treatment Considerations

Chapter 21 Neurocognition and Social Cognition Training as Treatments for Violence and Aggression in People with Severe Mental Illness

Chapter 22 Examining Violence Among Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity State Hospital Inpatients Across Multiple Time Points: The Roles of Criminogenic Risk Factors and Psychiatric Symptoms

Chapter 23 Criminogenic Risk and Mental Health: A Complicated Relationship

Chapter 24 Implementation of a Specialized Treatment Program to Reduce Violence in a Forensic Population

Chapter 25 From Trauma-Blind to Trauma-Informed: Rethinking Criminalization and the Role of Trauma in Persons with Serious Mental Illness

Chapter 26 The Indistinguishables: Determining Appropriate Environments for Justice-Involved Individuals

Chapter 27 Breaking Down Long-Term Chronic Aggression Within a Forensic Hospital System

Part V Criminal Justice and Social Considerations

Chapter 28 Tipping the Scales Of Justice: The Role of Forensic Evaluations in the Criminalization of Mental Illness

Chapter 29 Competence to Stand Trial and Criminalization: An Overview of the Research

Chapter 30 Risk Factors for Recidivism in Individuals Receiving Community Sentences: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chapter 31 Developing Policies for Adult Sexual Minorities with Mental Health Needs in Secured Settings

Chapter 32 An Overview of Jail-Based Competency Restoration

Chapter 33 Fixated Threat Assessment Centres: Preventing Harm and Facilitating Care in Public Figure Threat Cases and Those Thought to Be at Risk of Lone-Actor Grievance-Fuelled Violence.

Chapter 34 Decriminalizing LGBTQ+: Reproducing and Resisting Mental Health Inequities

Chapter 35 Building a Therapeutic Relationship Between Probation Officers and Probationers with Serious Mental Illnesses

Chapter 36 Length of Stay for Inpatient Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Patients: Importance of Clinical and Demographic Variables

Chapter 37 Severe Mentally Ill Patients: Our Global Migrants: Neuroethical Issues in Psychiatry and Pharmacology Today. A Brief Manifesto Toward the World Symposium 2021

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-92218-X

1-108-92267-8

1-108-92069-1