Handbook of Correctional Mental Health 2/e Estelle Corke international organizations

international organizations

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how treatments need to be adjusted for different individuals

practical manual that serves as a reference for the medical management of seriously mentally ill patients across the age spectrum in both inpatient and outpatient settings

This important transformation has been the subject of an explosion of research in recent years

Handbook of Correctional Mental Health 2/e Estelle Corke international organizationsClinicians who work on the frontlines of correctional mental health know that the challenges are only increasing. Not only is the proportion of inmates with mental disorders growing at a rate that exceeds that of the correctional population as a whole, but this group is expanding at both ends of the aging continuum, so that increasing numbers of both geriatric and juvenile offenders require assessment and treatment. Changing patient demographics and