Fitness & Health
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Behavioral Health Services has lost about one-fifth of its psychiatric technicians to the California Health Care Facility
Llicensed 50-bed correctional treatment center will provide temporary care for inmates suffering a mental health crisis
Proportion of mentally ill prisoners held in solitary confinement increased from 2011 to 2012
Worried for the safety of her intellectually disabled son while he is incarcerated
Getting cost-saving results
Currently on suicide watch, must be checked on every 10 minutes
Psychiatrists prepare criminal defendants for trial using innovative therapies such as make-believe hearings, where patients and clinicians played the key courtroom roles
Anti-psychotics still account for nearly $1 of every $5 spent on pharmaceuticals purchased for the state prison system
Lawyers for California argued in court that after 18 years of federal oversight and billions of dollars in state spending, the care now meets the requirements of the U.S. Constitution
Network said the Pennsylvania DOC confines about 800 inmates with mental illnesses in horrific conditions with inadequate mental health treatment
MOST POPULAR
- Mentally impaired Texas inmate’s sentence reduced to life
- Customized care can help first responders in the aftermath of trauma
- Ark. COs save life of inmate who attempted suicide
- 3 former COs cleared in death of mental health patient at Mass. hospital
- Former inmate with schizophrenia sues sheriff after gouging his own eyes out