January 2011
2 posts
“35%-54% of prisoners have symptoms of mania,16%-30% have major depression,...”
– Caring for Current and Past Convicts. Dr. Elizabeth Ford, Director Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York.
History of incarceration… many practitioners neglect to ask about this when going over a pt’s history when it may bring awareness of of issues related to...
“It would be a mistake to conclude that incidents such as this are characteristic...”
– Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law