Provider Experiences with Prison Care and Aftercare for Women with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Treatment, Resource, and Systems Integration Challenges

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 417-436

  Johnson, Jennifer E ^a   Schonbrun, Yael Chatav ^a,b   Peabody, Marlanea E ^a   Shefner, Ruth T ^a   Fernandes, Karen M ^a   Rosen, Rochelle K ^c,d   Zlotnick, Caron ^a,b,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84942500159     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-014-9397-8     Document Type: Article

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