Treating Vulnerable, Mentally Ill Patients Who Are Navigating the U.S. Criminal Justice System

• By: Erin M. Falconer, PhD ODH, Inc.
• July 1st, 2017
• case management, criminal justice system, healthcare access, homelessness, jail diversion, mental illness, recidivism, substance use disorders
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It is an alarming statistic that more people with serious mental illness are housed in America’s jails than in the nation’s hospitals (Torrey, E. F., Kennard, A. D., Eslinger, D., et al. 2010. More mentally ill persons are in jails and prisons than hospitals: a survey of the states....

Addressing Workforce Challenges in Serving Individuals with Co-Occurring MI/IDD

• By: Robert J. Fletcher, DSW, ACSW, NADD-CC NADD
• April 1st, 2016
• behavioral health services, clinical competency, dual diagnosis, intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness, professional certification, quality of care, workforce training
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Individuals with mental illness (MI) co-occurring with intellectual/developmental disability (IDD) have complex needs and present clinical challenges to the professionals, programs, and systems. These individuals are among the most challenging, expensive, and intractable to work with. Although the...