Correctional Mental Health: From Theory to Best Practice

by Thomas J. Fagan (editor), Robert K. Ax (Editor)

A research-to-practice text offering a biopsychosocial approach to treating criminal offendersCorrectional Mental Health 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.

432 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 2, 2010