Housing People with Serious Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons: Why Are We Still Criminalizing Mental Illness?

• By: Erin M. Falconer, PhD ODH, Inc.
• October 1st, 2017
• community-based treatment, criminal justice system, deinstitutionalization, homelessness, incarceration, mental health access, serious mental illness, supported housing
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Lack of appropriate access to mental health care for the seriously mentally ill in the U.S. is a critical issue. Such lack of access can lead to significant, adverse living outcomes for individuals living with mental illness, including homelessness and incarceration. It is a disturbing fact that...

Consumer Perspectives on Change: for Better or for Worse

• By: Barbara Charles Emily Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 1st, 2017
• behavioral health services, care coordination, communication barriers, healthcare system reform, Medicaid managed care, mental health access, peer perspectives, service limitations
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We were asked to consider whether changes in the way we receive and respond to behavioral health services has been for better or for worse, now that Medicaid Managed Care is the order of the day. It was a tough conversation because at the beginning, some of us really felt like we hadn’t even...