Why Are Severely Mentally Ill Persons In Jail and Prison?

2005 ◽  
pp. 137-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Cutler ◽  
Douglas Bigelow ◽  
Valerie Collins ◽  
Courtney Jackson ◽  
Gary Field
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mentally Ill Persons ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill

Lessons Learned from Deinstitutionalisation in the US

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Richard Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mentally Ill Persons ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill ◽  
Homeless Mentally Ill ◽  
The Us ◽  
Community Programmes ◽  
New Generation

Deinstitutionalisation is at an advanced stage in the US, both in duration, and in reduction in state hospital beds. The new generation of chronically and severely mentally ill persons has posed the greatest problems. They no longer receive life-long hospital admission and thus permanent asylum from the demands of the world. Resistance to treatment and substance abuse are problems. Early proponents of deinstitutionalisation believed it would be cheaper, better, and give the mentally ill their freedom. In reality, good community care does not cost less. While a number of community programmes in the US have been impressive, they have served only a small proportion of the total population of severely mentally ill persons. More freedom has been of benefit for many, but has proved difficult for some patients. Some patients have been deinstitutionalised who cannot be effectively treated in the community. The homeless mentally ill epitomise all these problems.

scholarly journals Structures and processes necessary for providing effective home treatment to severely mentally ill persons: a naturalistic study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bauer ◽  
K. Kleine-Budde ◽  
C. Stegbauer ◽  
P. Kaufmann-Kolle ◽  
K. Goetz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Home Treatment ◽  
Naturalistic Study ◽  
Mentally Ill Persons ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill
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