Institutional Case Management Applied to Acute Psychiatric Care in Correctional Mental Health

The case management model developed at the Corrections Mental Health Unit within the Florida Department of Corrections is a treatment model developed to better care for acute psychiatric inmate patients. The rate of readmission to the acute care facility had nearly quadrulped over a six-year period....

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Published in:Journal of offender rehabilitation 2000-01, Vol.30 (3-4), p.21-34
Main Authors: Bedard, Laura E., Volentine, Joel De
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute psychiatric care
Case Management
Florida
Inmates
Mental health
Mental Health Services
Mental Patients
Prisoners
Prisons
Psychiatry
Relapse
Social work
treatment
Treatment Methods
Treatment Outcomes
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Summary:The case management model developed at the Corrections Mental Health Unit within the Florida Department of Corrections is a treatment model developed to better care for acute psychiatric inmate patients. The rate of readmission to the acute care facility had nearly quadrulped over a six-year period. In response to that, a new case management approach was introduced. It has been shown that this treatment approach has significantly reduced the length of stay for these clients by nearly 27%. This significant finding not only benefits the clients by stabilizing them faster but the treatment has also saved Floridians tax dollars by returning the offenders to their home institution sooner.
ISSN:1050-9674
1540-8558
DOI:10.1300/J076v30n03_02