Behavioral Health Behind Bars
As a result of inadequacies in mental health care system, America’s mentally ill population suffers a lot. The effect of these inadequacies is happening due to lack of mental health resources, budget, etc. Lack of proper care has left many individuals with minimal support. There are many kinds of psychological disorders from which a person can suffer by landing in jail such as trauma-related disorders, depression, bipolar disorder and so on. As compared to men, women suffer more from mental disorders. The United States has one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world.
What the Statistics Says?
The country has nearly 25% of the world prisoner and has 73% of women in state prison, 61% of women in federal prison and 75% of women in local jails. As inmates spend more time behind bars 1 in every 35 adults in the US was in probation or in parole in 2012. An alarming growth in the number of mentally ill people behind bars has increased over the years. Individuals behind bars can have some major mood disorders, psychotic disorders and as many as seven types of mental illnesses.
On any given day, inmates between 2.3 to 2.9 percent have suffered from schizophrenia or other kind of psychotic disorder, 2.1 to 4.3 percent from bipolar disorder and 13.1 to 18.6 percent from depression , according to American …show more content…
The optimal solution to curb such things would be to provide proper care and treatment and public health services into the prison on an individual level. Mental illness or behavioral health is a response to environmental influences, congenital and genetic vulnerabilities. Public safety and health can develop a more effective and efficient way to manage such kind of mental illness in inmates in America’s
As a result of inadequacies in mental health care system, America’s mentally ill population suffers a lot. The effect of these inadequacies is happening due to lack of mental health resources, budget, etc. Lack of proper care has left many individuals with minimal support. There are many kinds of psychological disorders from which a person can suffer by landing in jail such as trauma-related disorders, depression, bipolar disorder and so on. As compared to men, women suffer more from mental disorders. The United States has one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world.
What the Statistics Says?
The country has nearly 25% of the world prisoner and has 73% of women in state prison, 61% of women in federal prison and 75% of women in local jails. As inmates spend more time behind bars 1 in every 35 adults in the US was in probation or in parole in 2012. An alarming growth in the number of mentally ill people behind bars has increased over the years. Individuals behind bars can have some major mood disorders, psychotic disorders and as many as seven types of mental illnesses.
On any given day, inmates between 2.3 to 2.9 percent have suffered from schizophrenia or other kind of psychotic disorder, 2.1 to 4.3 percent from bipolar disorder and 13.1 to 18.6 percent from depression , according to American …show more content…
The optimal solution to curb such things would be to provide proper care and treatment and public health services into the prison on an individual level. Mental illness or behavioral health is a response to environmental influences, congenital and genetic vulnerabilities. Public safety and health can develop a more effective and efficient way to manage such kind of mental illness in inmates in America’s