On the role of correctional officers in prison mental health

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-59

  Dvoskin, Joel A ^a,c   Spiers, Erin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional officer(s); Jail; Mental health; Prison

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSE; PRISON; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STAFF; ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLICE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542469911     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PSAQ.0000007560.09475.a0     Document Type: Review

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