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A Bill of Rights
Endorsement of Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services: A Bill of Rights
Psychiatric violence risk assessment
The APA published a Task Force report, “Clinical Aspects of the Violent Individual,” in 1974 (1). Since then, the assessment of violence risk by psychiatrists has assumed increased prominence (2, 3). At the same time, significant changes have taken place both in the contexts in which psychiatrists assess risk and in the techniques that help them do so.
Telepsychiatry for Adults in Jails and Prisons
A guide for psychiatrists interested in or already working with adults who are incarcerated in jails or prisons and for whom telepsychiatry is a current or potential clinical practice. This may also be helpful for psychiatric administrators in correctional facilities who are considering the implementation of telepsychiatry.
Position Statement on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM)
Position Statement on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM)
Risk Management and Liability Issues in Integrated Care Models
Upon full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it is estimated that more than 32 million Americans will become insured and gain access to mental health and substance abuse services at parity (1). Despite considerable gains in the number of medical school graduates entering the field of psychiatry over the past ten years, it has become clear that the workforce of psychiatrists is not large enough, acting alone, to meet the needs of patients (2,3).
Why Should More Psychiatrists Participate in the Treatment of Patients in Jails and Prisons?
People with serious mental illness are substantially overrepresented in the criminal justice system. (Steadman, et al. 2009; Fazel et al. 2016) This results in a higher prevalence of mentally ill patients in correctional facilities than in the community and the high proportion of justice-involved patients in county and state mental health systems. State hospitals that remain after decades of deinstitutionalization have seen their beds fill with large proportions of criminal court commitments whi
Position Statement on Voluntary and Involuntary Hospitalization of Adults with Mental Illness
Position Statement on Voluntary and Involuntary Hospitalization of Adults with Mental Illness
Position Statement on Treatment of Transgender (Trans) and Gender Diverse Youth
Position Statement on Treatment of Transgender (Trans) and Gender Diverse Youth
Position Statement on Recognition and Management of HIV-Related Neuropsychiatric Findings and Associated Impairments
Position Statement on Recognition and Management of HIV-Related Neuropsychiatric Findings and Associated Impairments
Position Statement on Orchiectomy or Treatment with Anti-Androgen Medications as a Condition of Release from Incarceration
Position Statement on Orchiectomy or Treatment with Anti-Androgen Medications as a Condition of Release from Incarceration