Mental Health

ExpiredCollaborative Correctional Health Care • Multidisciplinary Approaches for Optimal Outcomes

Event Phone: 619-688-0234

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Optimal Outcomes
October 27, 2016 - October 28, 2016
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

2016 is all about teamwork. Panels discussing collaborative care provision, essential communication to successfully manage high risk patients. For complex patients that challenge correctional institutions. We hope you and your team join us in San Diego.to add your voice to our crucial conversations.

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Venue: Crown Plaza Hotel San Diego

Venue Phone: 888-233-9527

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2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, California, 92108, United States

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We love this hotel with all the wonderful people who manage it. It feels like coming home when we conference here. Everyone is always so more…

“Stepping Up” aims to keep mentally ill out of our jails

A Crisis in Our Jails

People with mental illnesses need proper treatment, not jail sentences.

Washington Prisons Will No Longer Punish Inmates For ‘Self-Harm’

self harm American Journal of Public Health: Solitary Confinement and Risk of Self-Harm Among Jail Inmates

Listen to full story from NW new network (NPR)

Washington’s prison system has announced a major policy change when it comes to inmates who harm themselves. The Department of Corrections said Thursday that it will no longer sanction inmates for cutting or other acts of self-injury.

Self-harm is associated with borderline personality disorder and other mental health conditions. Scott Frakes, Washington’s deputy prison director, said he’s seen it firsthand and it can be gruesome.

Until now, Washington inmates who hurt themselves were subject to discipline. Those violations could lead to segregation from other inmates and a loss of time off for good behavior.

How Obamacare May Lower the Prison Population More Than Any Reform in a Generation

How Obamacare May Lower the Prison Population More Than Any Reform in a Generation.

Prison Realignment Alters Care of Inmates With Mental Illnesses

DOING “PEOPLE WORK” IN THE PRISON SETTING

An Examination of the Job Characteristics Model and Correctional Staff Burnout

From Sage Online, Criminal Justice and Behavior: by the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology

“Although correctional staff job burnout is costly to all involved, it has not received the empirical attention it deserves. The job characteristics model holds that job characteristics are important in shaping employee outcomes. This study focused on the effects of the job characteristics of supervision consideration, supervision structure, job autonomy, and job variety on the three dimensions of job burnout (i.e., emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and perceived ineffectiveness at work) among correctional staff. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis of data from 160 staff members at a private prison indicated that job autonomy and job variety had significant negative relationships with emotional exhaustion. Supervision consideration, job autonomy, and job variety all had negative effects on the depersonalization dimension of burnout. Job autonomy and job variety had significant negative effects on perceived ineffectiveness.”

Download the free article here Criminal Justice and Behavior-2012-Griffin-1131-47

Keywords: correctional staff; job characteristics; job burnout; job autonomy; job variety; supervision; prison staff