Correctional Mental Health

<b>Correctional Mental Health </b>is a broad-based balanced guide for students who are learning to treat criminal offenders in a correctional mental health practice. Featuring a wide selection of readings this edited text offers a thorough grounding in theory current research professional practice and clinical experience. It emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to caring for the estimated 20% of all U.S. prisoners who have a serious mental disorder. Providing a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues offering clear strategies for addressing these challenges.