Description
Jails are the largest service providers of mental health in the United States. Unlike prisons, where all incarcerated individuals have been convicted of a crime and are serving long sentences, most individuals incarcerated in jails are waiting a disposition to their court case, making this pretrial environment particularly chaotic. Jail detainees have higher prevalence rates of mental illness, trauma, suicide, and substance use than individuals in the community or even in prisons. Adequate mental health interventions are essential to prevent suicide; to mitigate acute psychopathology, retraumatization, and stress; and to reduce recidivism. Mental health practice and research in jails requires specialized knowledge, but the vast majority of the literature on correctional mental health is derived from prison research.The Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails draws upon existing research and the experiences of a range of correctional psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers to provide guidance for working with people with mental health needs in jails. The Handbook both advances knowledge in correctional mental health in the jail setting and serves as a call to action for researchers to continue developing a scientific base for jail correctional mental health.Chapters include legal and ethical considerations in jails, reentry issues that are specific to jails, interventions for competency restoration in jail detainees, assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders, special considerations for rural jails, and special populations such as adolescents and women. This book will serve as a go-to guide for mental health professionals who provide clinical services in jails, jail administrators, and researchers.
Table of Contents
IntroductionVirginia Barber-Rioja and George AndersonPART I: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTChapter 1: Identification of Mental Illness in Jails: Screening and AssessmentVirginia Barber-Rioja, Alexandra Garcia-Mansilla, and Elizabeth RodriguezChapter 2: Mental Health Treatment in JailsVirginia Barber-Rioja, Loren Roth, Bipin Subedi, and Marilyn ChenChapter 3: Managing Suicide Risk and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in JailsSean M. Mitchell, Virginia Fineran, Julianne Cary, Sarah Sparks, and Nikki L. La RosaChapter 4: Assessment, Treatment, and Management of Individuals With Severe Violence or Behavioral IssuesMichele Galietta and Alexandra Garcia-MansillaChapter 5: Assessment and Treatment of Trauma in JailsGina M. Manguno-Mire and Mollimichelle K. CabeldueChapter 6: Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in JailsSarah M. Manchak, C. Clare Strange, Alison Farringer, and Madeline LancasterChapter 7: Psychopharmacology in the Jail SettingDanielle B. Kushner, Lauren M. Stossel, and M. A. "Omar" KhanChapter 8: Interventions for Competency Restoration and Treatment in JailsAmanda L. Gugliano, Stephanie M. Howard, and Amanda L. BertholdPART II: SPECIAL POPULATIONSChapter 9: Special Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Women in JailsJessica K. Pearson and Lauren E. Kois Chapter 10: Assessment and Treatment of Adolescents and Emerging Adults in JailsZoe R. Feingold, Keith R. Cruise, and Angela Glover Chapter 11: Screening and Assessment of Intellectual Disability and Neurocognitive Disorders in JailsAlexandra Garcia-Mansilla and Charity WijetungaChapter 12: Multicultural Considerations: Race, Sexual and Gender Identity, and Structural Inequalities in the Assessment and Treatment of Individuals in JailsNadia Oryema, Bipin Subedi, and Virginia Barber-RiojaPART III: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONSChapter 13: Jail Re-entry and DiversionMelodie Foellmi and Merrill Rotter Chapter 14: Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in JailsDavid DeMatteo, Sarah Fishel, Kellie Wiltsie, and Aislinn Tansey Chapter 15: Mental Health Treatment for Individuals in Restrictive HousingAshley B. Batastini, Robert D. Morgan, Rheanna L. Standridge, and Kymmalett RossChapter 16: Recruitment, Retention, Support, and Supervision of Jail Mental Health Providers in the Context of Occupational Syndromes and Work-Related TraumaBipin Subedi, Virginia Barber-Rioja, and Elizabeth FordChapter 17: Research and Advocacy in JailsAshley B. Batastini, Joel Dvoskin, Jade Horton, and Kaylee CookChapter 18: Mental Health Challenges and Considerations With Individuals in Rural JailsMichael J. Vitacco, Ashley B. Batastini, Ashley Jones, and Catherine ClaryIndex
