Corrections, Mental Health, and Social Policy: International Perspectives

Corrections, Mental Health, and Social Policy: International Perspectives
ISBN-10
0398085064
ISBN-13
9780398085063
Category
Social Science
Pages
446
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Charles C Thomas Publisher
Authors
Robert K. Ax, Thomas J. Fagan

Description

This book is well suited to readers dealing with correctional issues in today's complex global society. Given the task of providing adequate mental health care to the burgeoning U.S. prison population, including those thousands with serious mental illnesses who have defaulted from the nation's disjointed mental health systems, the book provides a consideration of approaches and ideas beyond those generated in the domestic academic-practitioner community, including the mental health concerns that transcend borders and national sovereignty. In this category are the treatment and management of te.

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