Correctional Mental Health: From Theory to Best Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781412972567)

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.

Author: Thomas J. Fagan, Robert K. Ax
ISBN-10: 1412972566
ISBN-13: 9781412972567
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 290