Main description:

In this book author Michele Bratina demonstrates how the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) supports integration of the U.S. healthcare and justice systems to offer more positive outcomes for offenders with mental illness. The book describes a criminal justice-mental health nexus that touches every population-juvenile and adult male and female offenders, probationers and parolees, the aging adult prison population, and victims of crime. In the United States today, the criminal justice system functions as a mental health provider, but at great cost to society. The author summarizes the historical roots of this crisis and provides an overview of mental illness and symptoms, using graphics, case studies, and spotlight features to illustrate the most pressing issues encountered by justice and behavioral health professionals and the populations they serve.

Forensic Mental Health takes a multidisciplinary approach, addressing social work, psychology, counseling, and special education, and covers developments such as caselaw related to the right to treatment and trauma-informed care. Designed for advanced undergraduates, this text also serves as a training resource for practitioners working with the many affected justice-involved individuals with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders, including juveniles and veterans.

Contents:

CHAPTER 1- An Overview of the Mental Health-Criminal Justice Nexus

Introduction

Mental Health: An Introduction to Disorders, Prevalence, and Common Terminology

Intersections of Criminal Justice and Mental Health: Justice-Involved PwMI

Service Utilization/Treatment Engagement

Challenges in Managing Justice-Involved PwMI

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 2- Historical Responses to Mental Illness

Advancements in Psychosurgery

Introduction

Societal Responses to Mental Illness: Thematic Eras

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 3- The Sequential Intercept Model

Introduction

Why Diversion?

Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System: An Integrative Framework

Key Diversion Points

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 4-Intercept Zero: Community Services

Components of Intercept 0: Prevention, Intervention, and Ultimate Diversion

Response: The Crisis Care Continuum

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 5- Intercept One: Law Enforcement

Introduction

Police as First Responders

Specialized Police Responses to Crisis Events

Additional Complexities of LEO-Citizen Encounters: Responding to Special Populations

The Mental Health and Well-Being of Police

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 6- Intercept Two: Intercept Two: Initial Detention/Initial Court Hearings

Introduction

Post-Booking Diversion: An Overview

Diversion Strategies

Determining Diversion Program Effectiveness

Processing and Disposition

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 7- Intercept Three: Jail/Courts

Introduction

Part One: Beyond Initial Detention-PwMI Incarcerated

Part Two: Diversion Strategies at Intercept Three

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 8- Intercept Four: Reentry

Introduction

Section One: Reentry for PwMI

Section Two: Effective Reintegration and the Role of Professional Service Providers

Section Three: Best Practices in Reentry Programming for PwMI

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 9- Intercept Five: Community Corrections

Introduction

Mental Health and Community Corrections

Interagency Cooperation, Intra-Agency Collaboration and Systems Integration

Resistance to Treatment

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 10- Trauma and Approaches to Trauma-Informed Care

Introduction

What is Trauma?

Trauma-Informed Care

The Juvenile Justice System's Response to Trauma

Take-Home Message

CHAPTER 11- Conclusions and Future Directions

Introduction

Review of the Issues and Suggestions for Change

Take-Home Message

Index