Mental Hospital Research Paper
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The Biggest Mental Hospital in the USA is Jail
The United State has the highest incarceration in the world. This is one of the major problem in our county. What could be the biggest reasons for this cause? In the United State’s there in no mental hospitals or enough treatments for people that are mentally disordered. The biggest mental hospital in the United State is jail. More than half of those prisoners are suffered from psychological disorders. In this kind of situation we can't call them a criminals. They are patients they should be sent to hospitals so they can get their treatments, not a jail. Many people in this county with mental illness they go to jail because, they committed a crime. They should get their treatment on time to not to cause any trouble.
The statistics says that In 1955, approximately 560,000 Americans were receiving treatment for mental illness in state hospitals. Today, fewer than 55,000 people are being treated in state mental institutions. This process called deinstitualization, which was a failure. Especially, in jails because of the crowded state and local jails, and left untreated patients to fend for themselves on city streets. As a result, when they are not get their treatments,
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that the biggest mental hospital in the united states is jail. more than half of those prisoners are suffering from psychological disorders.
- Explains that in 1955, 560,000 americans were receiving treatment for mental illness in state hospitals, but today, fewer than 55,000 people are being treated at state mental institutions.
- Explains that recidivism is a jail-based problem wherein someone commits crimes with mental illness and gets treatment for 6 weeks, but once they are out of jail, they want to get their treatments.
- Explains that the us gets weaker because of the mass incarceration rate. government spends $60,000 for each presenter.
- Concludes that people with mental disorder should take their treatment on time so they won't commit any crime. government instead of spending so much money on each prisoner should make community services.
Government spends $60,000 for each presenters. If we think about how much money each person gets. Most of the prisoners are suffered from the psychological disorders. According to The Collateral Damage of Mass Incarceration it says “These results suggest a potential broadening of the public health impact of mass incarceration and point to several promising avenues for future inquiry into various forms of collateral damage related to mass incarceration in the United States” (The Collateral Damage of Mass Incarceration). As a result, public health impacts the mass incarceration rate in the Unite State. Government should give money for Community
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- Argues that the criminalization of the mentally ill has become a public health problem and that our policy should focus more on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
- Opines that the deinstitutionalization of state mental hospitals has left many individuals untreated and in the community where there come under police scrutiny due to their odd behavior.
- Explains the lack of medical services in the prisons and jails, and the high risk of decomposition and deterioration.
- Explains that the criminal justice system is unable to handle mentally ill inmates without mental health professionals and adequate training to correctional officials.
- Opines that a proposal to new policies and applying factors to existing policies can be effective in maintaining the mentally ill.
- Opines that mental health professionals and the police and correctional officers working together are the most positive reinforcement.
- Opines that if jails and prisons focus on treating mentally ill inmates, they can save money and maintain public safety.
- Explains that homelessness is a major factor with the mentally ill incarcerated. correctional staff releases an inmate when the sentence is served, without further thought of their mental capacity, while mental health professionals rehabilitate the offender back into the community.
- Explains that mental health courts, medical assessing policies, and discharge planning and linkage models are effective, but time-consuming and costly.
- Recommends a mandatory mental health screening on all incoming detainees for mental disorders, pharmacological treatment, group and recreational therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.
- Argues that policies tend to have negative aspects especially when it comes to an assortment of individuals. liberal ideology favors treating the mentally ill and placing them into home based community settings.
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- Narrates how a committee went to jail and saw the mentally ill, stating that law enforcement paid less attention to them, and that the areas they were staying in were not clean, chairs, or benches.
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- Opines that the cons of deinstitutionalization were: not enough federal funding, difficult getting community resources, courts would not allow people to commit against their will for their well-being, many are not getting the treatment they need,
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- Opines that mental hospitals have always seemed to be the answer to the problem of mental disruption, but with the rising utilization of community health centers, they are suffering.
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