Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails

Jails are the largest service providers of mental health in the United States. Unlike prisons, where all incarcerated individuals have been convicted of a crime and are serving long sentences, most individuals incarcerated in jails are waiting a disposition to their court case, making this pretrial environment particularly chaotic. Jail detainees have higher prevalence rates of mental illness, trauma, suicide, and substance use than individuals in the community or even in prisons. Adequate mental health interventions are essential to prevent suicide; to mitigate acute psychopathology, retraumatization, and stress; and to reduce recidivism. Mental health practice and research in jails requires specialized knowledge, but the vast majority of the literature on correctional mental health is derived from prison research.

The Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails draws upon existing research and the experiences of a range of correctional psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers to provide guidance for working with people with mental health needs in jails. The Handbook both advances knowledge in correctional mental health in the jail setting and serves as a call to action for researchers to continue developing a scientific base for jail correctional mental health.

Chapters include legal and ethical considerations in jails, reentry issues that are specific to jails, interventions for competency restoration in jail detainees, assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders, special considerations for rural jails, and special populations such as adolescents and women. This book will serve as a go-to guide for mental health professionals who provide clinical services in jails, jail administrators, and researchers.

Virginia Barber-Rioja, PhD, is Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University, and Co-Chief of Mental Health for the New York City jail system.

Alexandra Garcia-Mansilla, PhD, is Clinical Director of Mental Health for the New York City jail system.

Bipin Subedi, MD, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Co-Chief of Mental Health for the New York City jail system.

Ashley Batastini, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Research at the University of Memphis.

Introduction
Virginia Barber-Rioja and George Anderson

PART I: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT
Chapter 1: Identification of Mental Illness in Jails: Screening and Assessment
Virginia Barber-Rioja, Alexandra Garcia-Mansilla, and Elizabeth Rodriguez
Chapter 2: Mental Health Treatment in Jails
Virginia Barber-Rioja, Loren Roth, Bipin Subedi, and Marilyn Chen
Chapter 3: Managing Suicide Risk and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Jails
Sean M. Mitchell, Virginia Fineran, Julianne Cary, Sarah Sparks, and Nikki L. La Rosa
Chapter 4: Assessment, Treatment, and Management of Individuals With Severe Violence or Behavioral Issues
Michele Galietta and Alexandra Garcia-Mansilla
Chapter 5: Assessment and Treatment of Trauma in Jails
Gina M. Manguno-Mire and Mollimichelle K. Cabeldue
Chapter 6: Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Jails
Sarah M. Manchak, C. Clare Strange, Alison Farringer, and Madeline Lancaster
Chapter 7: Psychopharmacology in the Jail Setting
Danielle B. Kushner, Lauren M. Stossel, and M. A. "Omar" Khan
Chapter 8: Interventions for Competency Restoration and Treatment in Jails
Amanda L. Gugliano, Stephanie M. Howard, and Amanda L. Berthold

PART II: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 9: Special Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Women in Jails
Jessica K. Pearson and Lauren E. Kois
Chapter 10: Assessment and Treatment of Adolescents and Emerging Adults in Jails
Zoe R. Feingold, Keith R. Cruise, and Angela Glover
Chapter 11: Screening and Assessment of Intellectual Disability and Neurocognitive Disorders in Jails
Alexandra Garcia-Mansilla and Charity Wijetunga
Chapter 12: Multicultural Considerations: Race, Sexual and Gender Identity, and Structural Inequalities in the Assessment and Treatment of Individuals in Jails
Nadia Oryema, Bipin Subedi, and Virginia Barber-Rioja

PART III: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 13: Jail Re-entry and Diversion
Melodie Foellmi and Merrill Rotter
Chapter 14: Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails
David DeMatteo, Sarah Fishel, Kellie Wiltsie, and Aislinn Tansey
Chapter 15: Mental Health Treatment for Individuals in Restrictive Housing
Ashley B. Batastini, Robert D. Morgan, Rheanna L. Standridge, and Kymmalett Ross
Chapter 16: Recruitment, Retention, Support, and Supervision of Jail Mental Health Providers in the Context of Occupational Syndromes and Work-Related Trauma
Bipin Subedi, Virginia Barber-Rioja, and Elizabeth Ford
Chapter 17: Research and Advocacy in Jails
Ashley B. Batastini, Joel Dvoskin, Jade Horton, and Kaylee Cook
Chapter 18: Mental Health Challenges and Considerations With Individuals in Rural Jails
Michael J. Vitacco, Ashley B. Batastini, Ashley Jones, and Catherine Clary

Index