How To Look After Your Mental Health In Prison. Sections include substance misuse and bereavement and loss and ten tips ranging from take care of yourself to doing good does you good. In order to access the treatment available in mental health or drug courts a person must first plead guilty to a crime and be subject to incarceration.
People with severe acute mental illness should be sent to the mental health services first before they reach the prison. There is a programme of change but it is not clear how they will meet these targets. Monitor on Psychology 50 3.
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The prisoners with very serious mental disease should be immediately transferred to a psychiatric care unit. Download 23MB This is a mental health guide written for prisoners. The report makes some recommendations which includes improving information so that the government departments know more about the mental health needs of prisoners. Monitor on Psychology 50 3.