Psychotherapeutic Interventions

Introduction The number of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system is one of the most pressing problems facing law enforcement and corrections today (Cuellar, McReynolds, & Wasserman, 2006). The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health estimated that about 20% of children and adolescents in the general population have mental disorders with some degree of at least mild functional impairment (USPH, 1999). Subsequent research has found much higher rates of serious mental health problems among youth in the juvenile justice system. Among youth who have been arrested, one study found that 31% of youth had received services from the mental health system (Rosenblatt, Rosenblatt, & Biggs, 2000). Two studies of youth in juvenile detention found that between 60% and 68% met the diagnostic criteria for a mental health disorder (Teplin, Abram, McClelland, Dulcan, & Mericle, 2002; Wasserman, Ko, & McReynolds, 2004). Once youth with emotional disturbances enter the justice system, repeated arrests are common through the remainder of childhood and into adulthood. Recidivism rates for individuals with a serious mental illness are nearly double those in the general population (Baillargeon, Binswanger, Penn, Williams, & Murray, 2009; Constantine, Petrila, Andel, Givens, Becker et al., 2010). In an analysis of juvenile trajectories, youth with emotional disturbances in their late adolescent years were more likely to fall into the high arrest trajectory class and much

Juvenile Offenders with Mental Illness The juvenile justice system faces a significant challenge in identifying and responding to the psychiatric disorders of detained youth because research has shown that it is difficult to define the best means to use and enhance the scarce mental health resources (Kessler & Kraus, 2007). According to Cocozza and Skowyra (2000) “Children’s and adolescents’ mental health needs have historically been addressed inadequately in policy, practice, and research and have only the number of youth with mental illness and their level of unmet needs recognized” (p 4). Furthermore, that the juvenile justice system has gone from treatment and rehabilitation to retribution and punishment, that the prevalence is

Interventions There have been several policy-level measures to address the environment of the health care system and how it contributes to health disparities. First, as seen in Figure 3, the uninsured rate in the United States has declined by 43% following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA. According to

In today’s prison systems inmate are subjected to the four main purposes of prison, which are retribution (punishment), incapacitation placed in prison), deterrence (stop future crimes), and rehabilitation (re-submission into society). The BOP (Bureau of Prison) recognizes that being incarcerated can take a toll on inmates and family members who are locked behind bars. The services and agencies within the prison try to work carefully, providing full knowledge and education to correctional staff and inmates on suicide prevention. Every staff member will get annual trainings on the mentally ill and suicide prevention. The BOP reports “After an inmate arrives at an institution, during the admission and orientation process, every inmate receives information on mental health services available at the site” (BOP, n.d.). Inside the prison walls there are Psychology Services members that are on call at many of these institutions, which they provide crisis intervention and support services for inmate who need it. The Bureau of Prison gives their staff severe training, giving them first hand participation in the efforts to prevent crisis through the inmate’s imprisonment. The treatment that these inmates receive can possibly improve

Mental illness is a rising issue in our country. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that 1 out of every 17 people in this country suffer from a mental illness (Pearson 2014). With this large of a number, we should expect that our law enforcement personnel understand how to deal with these individuals, correct? Wrong. As reported by Pearson (2014), half of the all those killed during a police encounter last year were dealing with some form of a mental illness. According to Reuland (2009), there have been two national policies put in place. However, these policies, or procedures, are how to identify someone who is mentally ill and what services to call. It does not specify the procedure of a mentally ill individual who is becoming violent. In my opinion, the current procedures are inadequate

The target of this research paper was to investigate the subject of mental health care in correctional facilities. The majority of the inmates in correctional facilities have a mental health disorder and being confined to a prison or jail, presents challenges to these individuals. Treatment of mental health disorders can be challenging as there are numerous elements to cogitate when choosing the proper way to treat those individuals with a mental illness. A literature review was organized to show a synopsis of the prevalence of mental health disorders among incarcerated individuals, psychosomatic effects of imprisonment, treatment for the mentally ill, issues with mental health treatment, and better health care in correctional facilities.

This link describes the importance of clinicians to provide culturally and sensitive services to diverse populations In recognition of the diverse needs of the child and adolescent populations served by NCTSN sites across the country, the interventions and treatments listed below span a continuum of evidence-based and evidence-supported interventions ranging

In America there is a problem with juveniles who has mental health issues receiving the help that they need in order to progress. Mental heath problems are usually frowned upon in society. Many individuals who have the mental deficit get often closely associated with behavioral issues. The attitudes and social norms behind the way in which we handle situations of juveniles being mentally incompetent and not receiving the help they need because they get thrown in jail instead of being rehabilitated. The statistics behind the referrals of the juveniles suggests that they are not receiving the help that they need in order to progress. Based on a study taken to see how many of the juveniles was actually receiving the care needed, the results were, there are 69% of juveniles that have a mental health deficit in the juvenile detention center and has not been referred to a psychological facility, even when they fit the criteria.

The lack of resources available towards adolescents that have mental health problems in juvenile detention centers is a growing concern among most facilities across the country. Consequently, “mental health professionals in juvenile detention settings are working with a population in need of extensive mental

When Some of the most common mental health problem is depressive disorder (21%), bipolar disorder (12%), and anxiety disorder (8%). Only 5% of that population reported having schizophrenia or any other psychotic disorder (Kim, 2015). One third of state prisoners with mental illness reported getting mental health treatment. More people get treatment in prisons than in jails, but the system still fails to provide help to every single individual in need. However, it may not be always an issue with the system because some prisoners are not eager to seek treatment because they fear victimization, since there is still a lot of stigma that comes with a mentally ill “tag”. If person is not receiving any treatment, which is about 75% of all mentally ill prisoners, his symptoms will only get worse over time. Thus, studies have revealed that older prisoners have higher rates of mental illness than younger prisoners (Angelotti, 2010). However, because people are sent to prison for a longer period of time mentally ill individuals can plan a long term treatment. Still prisons as well as jails are not equipped to handle individuals with special needs. Prisons as jails have a limited list of medications that can be used. The main priority of administration in prison is provision of security and basic needs. Treatment of individuals with mental

Hypothesis Function/Testing Setting events, antecedents and consequences are all included in development of a hypothesis. It restates the interfering behavior while describing the behavior and determining its function. The setting events of this behavior is he home of Emilia and her family. Emilia is tired form cleaning, cooking and watching the kids all day without adult interaction. The maintaining consequences for this behavior is that once she has an outburst, the children leave her alone and Emilia is able to resume her conversation with her husband. Based on this information and the data collected, Emilia appears to be trying to avoid the interruption from her children. She yells so she can escape their interruption. The behavior is negatively reinforced because after yells the children leave her alone so she is getting what she wants by yelling. The need to escape from the interruption is the function of the behavior. There is enough evidence to develop a hypothesis statement. One could conclude this as a hypothesis statement: In an effort to maintain adult

There is one condition that frequently co-exists with juvenile delinquency about which a great deal is known. And that is mental health disorders (Underwood & Washington, 2016). It is known, for instance, that the prevalence rate of youth in the juvenile justice system with mental disorders is generally higher than those youth in the general population of adolescents (Grisso & Barnumn, 2000). It is estimated that 50 to 75 percent of the nearly two million youth who enter the juvenile justice system each year meet the criteria for a mental health disorder (Wald & Losen, 2003; Teplin, Abram, et al., 2002; Grande, Hallman, et al., 2012; Gottsman & Schwarz, 2011; King, Abram, et al., 2011). Furthermore, approximately 40 to 80 percent of incarcerated

As a clinician, we can come up with the best interventions. But, it is only going to be successful if the patient understands the intervention and implement correctly. In order to patients understand the information provided, a clinical need to speak the language and understand the culture of their patients (Benjamin, 2010). Pender, Murdaugh, and Parsons (2010) recommends few strategies for delivering health care information. The one I am going to us the most is breaking down complex information into small, understanding chunks. Regardless how much the information is simplified, remembering all the information is almost impossible. Therefore, I also going to provide a written handout according to the patient's literacy level or repeat the

Mental illness refers to psychological disorder that affects a person’s mind and behavior, while many people may experience depress sometime during their lifetime, a diagnosis clinical depression is far more sever and would deeply effects a person’s daily activities for longer than a month.

According to the literature review, a stressful life event is one of the most significant factors associated with depression among youth offenders in the Juvenile Vocational Training Center because of the nature of correctional facilities and the service. However, this factor is a non-modifiable factor for reducing depression.