Services for Persons with Mental Illness in Jail: Implications for Family Involvement

1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Walsh ◽  
John Bricout
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Support Resources ◽  
Symptom Relapse

After committing relatively minor offenses many persons with serious mental illness are arrested and then detained because they lack adequate housing or other support resources. Deinstitutionalization of these individuals has led to an increase in such arrests and imprisonment, with negative consequences. In jail, the special needs of persons with mental illness are likely to go unserved with the consequent risk of symptom relapse and physical harm. The authors identify critical areas in which family members and professionals can advocate for change in treatment and community linkage of persons with mental illness in jail.

Integrating primary care and behavioral health with four special populations: Children with special needs, people with serious mental illness, refugees, and deaf people.

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Q Pollard ◽  
William R. Betts ◽  
Jennifer K. Carroll ◽  
Jeanette A. Waxmonsky ◽  
Steven Barnett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Special Populations ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Children With Special Needs

Self-stigma, insight, and family burden among Israeli mothers of people with serious mental illness: Ethno-national considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaara Zisman-Ilani ◽  
Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon ◽  
Itamar Levy-Frank ◽  
Rivka Tuval-Mashiach ◽  
David Roe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
National Affiliation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The current cross-sectional study investigated and compared the associations between insight, self-stigma, and family burden among Jewish and Arab mothers of an adult son or daughter with serious mental illness (SMI) in Israel. A total of 162 Israeli mothers of a person with SMI participated in the study; 95 were Jewish (58.6%), and 67 were Arab (41.4%). Insight, self-stigma, and family burden scales were administered. Jewish mothers reported higher levels of insight into their son’s or daughter’s illness and reported greater family burden compared to Arab mothers. No significant differences in self-stigma scores were found between Jewish and Arab mothers. The pattern of associations between insight, self-stigma, and burden differed between Jewish and Arab mothers. Self-stigma was found to mediate the relationship between insight and burden among Jewish mothers but not among Arab mothers. Ethno-national affiliation should be taken into consideration regarding how family members conceptualize and experience mental illness, as this might affect care.

Deinstitutionalization and The Homeless Mentally Ill

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sarada Menon ◽  
Jayakumar Menon ◽  
P. Poornachandrika
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Homeless Mentally Ill ◽  
Public Body ◽  
Oxford Dictionary

According to the Oxford dictionary “Institution” is an important public body, a home providing care for people with special needs and ‘institutionalise’ is placing such persons in a residential institution. In the context of the topic being discussed, institution is a home for persons with special needs and similarly institutionalisation is placing the persons with serious mental illness, whether acute, subacute or chronic. Deinstitutionalisation is increasingly being projected as the most needed reform in the mental health care by many experts in our country, but the implications of this merit’s critical evaluation.

Disruption and Reconstruction: Narrative Insights into the Experience of Family Members Caring for a Relative Diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGIO STERN ◽  
MOIRA DOOLAN ◽  
EMMA STAPLES ◽  
GEORGE L. SZMUKLER ◽  
IVAN EISLER
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Family Members

The residential needs and preferences of persons with serious mental illness: A comparison of consumers and family members

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sally Rogers ◽  
Karen S. Danley ◽  
William A. Anthony ◽  
Rose Martin ◽  
Dale Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Family Members
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