NCJ Number
149836
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1992) Pages: complete issue
Date Published
1992
Length
31 pages
Annotation
This paper describes the model for outpatient mental health services in California, developed from 1987-1989 and implemented since then.
Abstract
The model incorporates continuity of care as well as correctional elements; it has been implemented in five California prisons and will soon be implemented at additional sites. The program is designed to alleviate clinical symptomatology and enhance institutional coping skills in order to improve level of functioning, reduce dangerous behaviors, increase medication compliance, teach the principles of work ethics, improve self-esteem, assist in the acquisition of socially acceptable interpersonal skills, avert the need for acute inpatient hospitalization, and allow inmates to be housed in the least restrictive environment possible. This document outlines characteristics of the population to be served and treatment programs including intensive outpatient care, transitional outpatient care, partial outpatient care, and maintenance care. Basic treatment modules include daily living skills, medication management, anger management, social skills, group therapy, and prerelease. This paper also describes staffing and treatment planning, intake and treatment assessment, and treatment program evaluation. 11 appendixes