Correctional mental health handbook /
The Correctional Mental Health Handbook is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the services provided by correctional mental health professionals for the various populations found in correctional programs and facilities. Edited by Thomas J. Fagan and Robert K. Ax, experts with over 40...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks [Calif.] :
Sage Publications,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Administration, organization, and ethics. Mental health in corrections: a model for service delivery. Correctional mental health professionals. Correctional mental health ethics revisited
- pt. 2. Services and programs. Basic mental health services: services and issues. Substance abuse treatment programs in prisons and jails. Managing and treating mentally disordered offenders in jails and prisons. Managing and treating female offenders. Treating and managing sexual offenders and predators. Identifying juvenile offenders with mental health disorders. Other special offender populations
- pt. 3. Training and consultation. Staff services and programs. Staff training: multiple roles for mental health professionals. Mental health professionals as institutional consultants and problem solvers. Research-based practice in corrections: a selective review. A viable future for correctional mental health care.