Correctional Psychologist's Involvement In Prison Life

The National Alliance on Mental Illness defines a mental illness as a condition that impacts a person’s thinking, feeling or mood which may affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis. The number of individuals with serious mental illness in jails is disproportionately large and growing rapidly. According to some estimates, as much as 50% of the U.S. prison population suffers from some form of mental illness (!!!!). Mental health courts are up-and-coming in communities across the country to address these individuals and the issues they bring to the courts.

Psychologists have to adhere to specific rules in the scope of their job to enhance professionalism, offer quality services and ensure the health of their clients improves. However, a number of factors may impact the process and this includes multiple relationships. In this regard, the therapist may be involved in more than one role with the client, and this may have implication on the treatment. For instance, when a therapist is a close relative of the patient such as mother or sibling may influence the outcome of the process. Innately, therapists are instructed to have a strict professional association with the client

If we ever hope to come together and promote equality as a society, how must we do so if we suppress the needs of those with suppressed rights? To amend the issues that we have created, there must be stricter regulations around solitary confinement as it is a cause of unnecessary suicides, robs citizens of their basic rights, and brings down our intersectionality as a collective society here in Canada. Lately, the number of solitary confinement prompted suicides have skyrocketed, and have been on a steep incline for nine years, with no plans for amendment. A study at Cambridge University has determined that 63% of suicides in federal prisons take place while the inmate is in solitary confinement. "Shalev, Sharon, A Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement (2008)."

According to the United Nations Human Rights states that people who are in prison should receive the same protection of their physical and mental health and treatment of disease of the same quality and standard as the people who are not imprisoned or detained. Even if the ill-treatment is not the case, the prisons in many countries of the word had overcrowding, violence, poor physical condition, isolated from society, and inadequate health care to the physical and mental health of the prisoners which is harmful. Yet, according from the surveys of of the states that had been done by Torrey E. F Kennard, there are three times more seriously mentally ill person in jail and prisons than in hospitals. 14.5% of men and 31.0% of women that have a serious mental illness are in jails. Moreover, from gathered information from providers, people with the mental sickness are less likely release by early release and have longer jail detention programs compare to ones without mental illness.

Stress can cause a myriad of behavioral and psychological disorders. Although occupational and traumatic stress affects behavior and the psyche, there are also biological, physical, and physiological effects and manifestations due to stress. Biological, Physical, and Physiological Effects and Manifestations. Stress not only affects behavior and the mind, but also takes its toll on the body directly. As previously mentioned, law enforcement is a stressful vocation and it is associated with increased health concerns due to its link with occupational, traumatic, and work related stress and stressors (Habersaat, Geiger, Abdellaoui, & Wolf, 2015)

I referred to unit 7’s discussion post where you outlined your essay. So far your research has proven to make for an interesting essay. I’m sorry I did not find a persuasive thesis statement in Unit 8 though, meaning I’m not convinced that there should be a policy change. I know you stated this is a working thesis statement which was not included in unit 8’s post. If you don’t mind, I would like to give some guidance.

Solitary confinement has been used in the United States prisons for more than one hundred years. Recently, the use of solitary confinement has become a large issue in whether it is constitutional. Many people believe that solitary confinement will cause mental illness in the inmates. This paper examines the research that have been conducted to see if solitary confinement will cause mental illness symptoms in the inmates. The studies include inmates throughout the United States, in jails and prisons with all different backgrounds, but mostly focuses on male inmates.

The field of human services is a very diverse field. There are many different career options for those looking to enter into the field. They can have careers as therapists, case managers, probation officers, and educational assistants to name a few. Human service workers can work with children, families, the elderly, veterans, the homeless, poor, school systems, and those that are mentally ill or have problems with substance abuse. Those pursuing a career in the field of human service workers generally all share a common interest of wanting to help others and those in need.

It seems that if someone is different, they act differently or they look different than what is socially “acceptable” they have a more difficult time being accepted by their community. Steinbeck uses Lennie’s disability to illustrate his ideas about discrimination in society and this parallels with its role in society today. Lennie’s disability hindered his acceptance throughout the book. First of all, the other men just see him as a set of strong hands, rather than an actual man. George for instance, says near the beginning of the book, “If he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we’re set” (6).

What are Psychiatric Prisons Psychiatric hospitals, otherwise known as mental hospitals, mental health units, mental asylums or simple asylums, are hospitals or wards that specialize in the treatment of serious mental illness, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric prisons are the same idea except they are designed for people with mental illnesses who have committed a crime of some sort. If a person is found NCR (not criminally responsible) then they are sent to Psychiatric prisons instead of normal prisons. Inside psychiatric prisons there are people that are specially trained and have gone to school to help people who are struggling with mental illness. For example a Psychiatrist.