Validation of clinical screens for suicidality and severe mental disorders for jail inmates. Page: I
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Harrison, Kimberly S., Validation of clinical screens for suicidality and severe
mental disorders for lail inmates. Master of Science (Psychology), May 2005, 121 pp.,
43 tables, references, 112 titles.
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 mentally
disordered and suicidal inmates are either unvalidated or generally ineffective. This
study investigates the validity of different mental health screens in a jail population.
Inmates from the Grayson County Jail were administered three screens: the Referral
Decision Scale (RDS), Personality Assessment Screener (PAS), and the Mental
Disability/Suicide Intake Screen (MDSIS). Criterion measures were the Schedule for
Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) for Axis I disorders and the Suicide
Probability Scale (SPS) for suicidal ideation. Results indicate that each screen most
effectively assessed one clinical domain: the RDS for psychosis, the MDSIS for
suicidality, and the PAS for depression. Gender differences were observed in screen
items most effective for classifying inmates by suicide risk level.
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Harrison, Kimberly S. Validation of clinical screens for suicidality and severe mental disorders for jail inmates., thesis, May 2005; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4774/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .