scholarly journals Mental health issues experienced by jail inmates in Texas: An overview of diagnostic problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Jurg Gerber ◽  
Ahram Cho
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Jail Inmates ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Mental Health Issues

Mental health issues experienced by jail inmates in Texas: An overview of diagnostic problemsThe main purpose of the article is to show selected aspects of prisoners’ mental health in the United States using the example of the state of Texas. The article indicates the nature and scope of needs in the area of inmates’ mental health in various correctional units and shows some aspects of the diagnosis problems. The authors analyze the reasons for the transfer of responsibility for mental health of prisoners sentenced to the administration of correctional facilities, especially jails. The article also shows the needs of the Prison Administration regarding convicts’ mental health training and classification systems for prisoners in Texas.

Epidemiology of Technology Use and Mental Health in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Seth W. Whiting ◽  
Rani A. Hoff
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Online Gambling ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues

Advancements in technologies and their mass-scale adoption throughout the United States create rapid changes in how people interact with the environment and each other and how they live and work. As technologies become commonplace in society through increased availability and affordability, several problems may emerge, including disparate use among groups, which creates divides in attainment of the beneficial aspects of a technology’s use and coinciding mental health issues. This chapter briefly overviews new technologies and associated emerging applications in information communication technologies, social media networks, video games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games, and online gambling, then examines the prevalence of use among the general population and its subgroups and further discusses potential links between mental health issues associated with each technology and implications of overuse.

Paediatric mental health training to school teachers in London, UK

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S181-S181
Author(s):  
K. Nijabat
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
National Foundation ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionThe British National Foundation for Educational Research poll found that two thirds of school teachers feel they lack the appropriate training to help identify mental health issues in pupils.1 National Foundation for Education Research, http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/DFE-June2015.I contacted 10 schools in London and teachers gave similar responses to the above poll, stating teachers did not feel confident identifying or managing common mental health issues in children and adolescents aged 5–18.AimTo deliver mental health training in a user friendly way to teachers and enable them to identify common mental health issues in young people.ObjectivesAddress underlying concerns teachers have regarding pupils mental health. Discuss strategies to manage common mental health issues.MethodI delivered a 2-hour training workshop to 25 teachers in two different schools in London, June 2016. The training included a lecture on emotional/behavioural and communication disorders in children. There was interactive discussion with teachers, discussing various scenarios, such as children becoming tearful, showing limited eye contact and displaying aggressive behaviour. We discussed how teachers were dealing with this and how better they could manage the situation.ResultsI got excellent feedback from teachers, 100% of teachers found the training very useful and would like to have more training of this kind in the future. A multidisciplinary approach is needed to improve the management of mental health in young people.ConclusionsThere is a gap in the knowledge teachers have on mental health within the young people and the stigma of mental health makes it more difficult for teachers to address these issues.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

The ‘Olympic Hurdles’ of Obtaining Federal Benefits for Inmates with Disabilities: A Study of Two Massachusetts County Jails

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-626
Author(s):  
Shahrzad Sajadi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Jail Inmates ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
County Jails

Sixty-four percent of US jail inmates are reported to suffer from mental health issues, compared to just 18.9% of the general population. This disparity becomes greater when considering a broader definition of disability, and individuals with disabilities are overrepresented in correctional facilities. They are often left without the ability to find employment at reentry, with Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) providing pathways to housing and improved living conditions. However, complicated application procedures often result in the formerly jailed returning to prior lifestyles and rearrests. This study explores SSI/SSDI systems at two Massachusetts county jails.

Freed, Anne O.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesela Ivanova ◽  
Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Clinical Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Clinical Social Work Practice

Anne O. Freed (1917–2012) is among the pioneers in clinical social work in the United States. She served as a clinician, administrator, researcher, lecturer, and mentor. She advanced clinical social work practice and furthered the awareness of mental health issues in geriatric practice. Anne introduced clinical social work to Bulgaria.

The Impact of the Model Minority Culture in Higher Education Institutions

2016 ◽  
pp. 404-445
Author(s):  
Ben Tran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Model Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are one of the fastest growing ethnic communities in the United States. Often referred to as the model minority, first coined by William Peterson, in 1966, AAPIs in the U.S. number approximately 15 million and represent more than 100 languages and dialects. However, few studies have investigated psychological consequences of internalizing the model minority. The purpose of this chapter is delve into the other side of the model minority façade, the less glamorous side of model minority, one of the causes of Asian Americans' psychological and mental health issues: the history of model minority, the concept of stereotype, and the various psychological and mental health issues, the reputation of the concept of psychological issues, and mental health services. While there is sacred empirical evidence in the support of the claim that direct causality exists between model minority and psychological and mental health issues, validities and correlations can be established, through the shared classification of diagnosed symptoms.

Attempted Suicide: A Multilevel Examination of Inmate Characteristics and Prison Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryce E. Stoliker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Modeling Techniques ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Level Of Analysis

Correctional institutions in the United States witness higher rates of suicide compared with the general population, as well as a higher number of attempted suicides compared with completed cases. Prison research focused little attention on investigating the combined effects of inmate characteristics and prison context on suicide, with studies using only one level of analysis (prison or prisoner) and neglecting the nested nature of inmates in prisons. To extend this literature, multilevel modeling techniques were employed to investigate individual- and prison-contextual predictive patterns of attempted suicide using a nationally representative sample of 18,185 inmates in 326 prisons across the United States. Results revealed that several individual-level factors predicted odds for attempted suicide, such as inmate characteristics/demographics, prison experiences, having a serious mental illness, and symptoms of mental health issues. Some prison-contextual variables, as well as cross-level interaction effects, also significantly predicted odds for attempted suicide. Policy and research implications are discussed.

Mental Health Issues Among Pregnant Women in Correctional Facilities: A Systematic Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 816-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumyadeep Mukherjee ◽  
Dudith Pierre-Victor ◽  
Raed Bahelah ◽  
Purnima Madhivanan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues
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