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Psychiatric Services Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among Jail Inmates 2009 REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among Jail Inmates Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D. Fred C. Osher, M.D. Pamela Clark Robbins, B.A. Brian Case, B.A. Steven Samuels, Ph.D. Objective: This study estimated current prevalence rates of serious mental …

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Vt Investigation Excessive Restraint Fletcher Allen 2007 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXCESSIVE USE OF RESTRAINT AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE Charlie Abbate, Staff Attorney Ed Paquin, Executive Director Vermont Protection & Advocacy, Inc. 141 Main St. Suite 7 Montpelier, VT 05602 (802)229-1355 www.vtpa.org VP&A is the …

Nami Minnesota Understanding the Minn Civil Commitment Process Understanding the Minnesota Civil Commitment Process TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction................................................................................................2 Mental Health Crisis...................................................................................3 Hospitals and Emergency Departments......................................................4 Steps in the Commitment Process...............................................................7 Concerns and questions about Commitment..............................................16 Alternatives to Commitment.......................................................................17 Glossary......................................................................................................20 Appendix: County Information...................................................................21 Resources....................................................................................................24 1 INTRODUCTION Mental illnesses are biological brain …

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Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process Ch16 Lindsay Hayes Chapter 16 Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review Process Lindsay M. Hayes Suicide continues to be a leading cause of death in jails across the country, where well over 400 inmates take their lives each year (Hayes, 1989). …

Jim Pigeon Ctr for Public Representation Forgotten lives.mentally Ill in Ma Prisons 1997 FORGOTTEN LIVES: MENTALLY DISORDERED PRISONERS IN MASSACHUSETTS Jim Pingeon Center for Public Representation (This article first appeared in Advisor, a publication of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, Vol 47, Fall/Winter 1997) There are at least 1.8 …

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Roberts J Research Paper Re the Myth of Collateral Consequences Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators 2008 [Not to be circulated or reprinted without the permission of the author] THE MYTH OF COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS: INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF “SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS” ∗ JENNY ROBERTS ∗∗ ∗ © 2008 …