This is a huge skandal! Prisons should not be wardens for mentally ill individuals!
"An estimated two in five people who are incarcerated have a history of mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Most receive no treatment for their mental health issues during their incarceration in state and federal prisons.
When they are released, these people are often still coping with mental health problems. But care can be equally hard for them to find on the outside, especially while they are struggling to get on their feet. ...
Their mental health problems tend to be quite complex. Most people we see carry multiple diagnoses. For example, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and substance-use disorder, or schizophrenia and substance-use disorder, as well as anxiety, depression, bipolar, personality disorder. They are also generally a pretty treatment-naïve group of individuals. Even if they are mandated treatment while still incarcerated, they might not totally receive it because of long waitlists and just not having enough clinicians in the facilities. And what they get is typically not evidence based. ..."
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