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Forensic Psychiatry News Review - 8:48 AM 4/23/2012 - Mike Nova's starred items

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Forensic Psychiatry News Review - 8:48 AM 4/23/2012 - Mike Nova's starred items

 

On entry to prison, almost one-fifth of prison entrants were referred to the prison mental health services for observation and further assessment. Young people in juvenile detention facilities also have high rates of mental illness ...


A Decent Solution to Chronic Criminality: How to Alter Kids' Course
Patch.com
Many teen offenders then move into adult prisons and come out with a “Ph.D. in criminology” and no help re-entering society in a healthy manner. So says San Diego photojournalist and urban anthropologist Susan Madden Lankford, author of a trilogy of ...

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New York Times

A Spate of Teenage Suicides Alarms Russians
New York Times
Experts blame alcoholism, family dysfunction and other kinds of fallout from the Soviet Union's collapse, as well as the absence of a mental health structure and social support networks to help troubled young people. They also agree with Mr. Medvedev ...

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7Online.com

Long Island doctor accused of raping patient
7Online.com
by FRANK ELTMAN SANDS PONT -- A psychiatrist who had his medical license suspended, then revoked, more than a decade ago because of misconduct allegations is accused of raping a woman he was treating for depression inside his Long Island office, ...

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NY police arrest psychiatrist on charges he raped a female patient | The Republic
The Republic
FRANK ELTMAN AP MINEOLA, NY — A psychiatrist who had his medical license suspended, then revoked, more than a decade ago because of misconduct allegations is accused of raping a woman he was treating for depression inside his Long Island office, ...

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Mother Nature Network

What 'insanity' means for Norwegian gunman
Mother Nature Network
Loughner is undergoing psychiatric treatment in the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri. [Extremism in Prison (Infographic)] People declared not guilty by reason of insanity don't walk free — like Loughner, they're committed.

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More psychiatry is likely to be practiced in public mental health settings in California, enhancing the need for better preparation in management and leadership.Abstract Teaser

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via prison psychiatry - Google Blog Search by Mike Nova on 4/23/12
Mentally ill offenders are subject to poor medical practices due to lower in-prison standards of mental health care. Ill inmates are managed by staff members who are insufficiently trained in treating mental illnesses, and they ...

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