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Mental Illness Therapy
Researchers from University of Southern California, Department of Psychiatry describe findings in mental illness therapy
July 10th, 2007
New investigation results, "Treatment prospects for persons with severe mental illness in an urban county jail," are detailed in a study published in Psychiatric Services. "A retrospective study of inmates with severe mental illness in a large, urban county jail aimed to obtain information about their psychiatric and criminal histories and status, the psychiatric services they used while incarcerated, and the challenges they might present in psychiatric treatment after release. The authors ascertained demographic characteristics, diagnoses, psychiatric and legal histories, and current psychiatric condition and treatment from jail psychiatric records of a random sample of 104 male...
Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-07-10)
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