Two Challenges Affecting Access to Care for Inmates with Serious Mental Illness: Detecting Illness and Acceptable Services.
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| Title: | Two Challenges Affecting Access to Care for Inmates with Serious Mental Illness: Detecting Illness and Acceptable Services. |
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| Authors: | Simpson, Alexander I. F., Jones, Roland M. |
| Source: | Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Oct2018, Vol. 63 Issue 10, p648-650. 3p. |
| Subjects: | Mental health of prisoners services, Mental health screening, Psychiatric diagnosis, Health services accessibility, Prisoners, Mental health of prisoners, Mental depression, Psychological distress, Correctional institutions, Mental health |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| Abstract: | The authors comment on a research on the challenges affecting access to care for inmates with serious mental illness including diagnosis and acceptable services. They highlight developments of mental health screening tools for prisons like the Referral Decision Scale and Brief Jail Mental Health Screen. They argue for improved evidence-based screening tools in Canadian federal prisons and commend the findings on prisoners' state of distress, depression or self-harm risks. |
| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | The authors comment on a research on the challenges affecting access to care for inmates with serious mental illness including diagnosis and acceptable services. They highlight developments of mental health screening tools for prisons like the Referral Decision Scale and Brief Jail Mental Health Screen. They argue for improved evidence-based screening tools in Canadian federal prisons and commend the findings on prisoners' state of distress, depression or self-harm risks. |
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| ISSN: | 07067437 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0706743718792844 |
