Correctional Mental Health: From Theory to Best Practice

By Robert K. Ax

Book Overview

Correctional 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412972566
• ISBN13: 9781412972567
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"