Validation of clinical screens for suicidality and severe mental disorders for jail inmates.
Description:
Psychologists and other mental health professionals working in correctional institutions bear the considerable responsibility for identifying, diagnosing, and treating mentally disordered inmates. The importance of these responsibilities has been recognized in recent years because of the burgeoning population of inmates in general and the higher numbers of inmates with mental illness in particular. Research has demonstrated that the screens currently used in correctional settings to identify me…
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Date:
May 2005
Creator:
Harrison, Kimberly S.
Partner:
UNT Libraries