Mental Health Providers' Attitudes About Criminal Justice-Involved Clients With Serious Mental Illness.
Psychiatr Serv
; 69(4): 472-475, 2018 04 01.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29385958
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Community mental health providers' attitudes toward criminal justice-involved clients with serious mental illness were examined.METHODS:
A total of 627 Maryland psychiatric rehabilitation program providers responded to a survey (83% response rate). Measures assessed providers' experience with, positive regard for, and perceptions of similarity, with their clients with serious mental illness. Chi-square tests were used to compare providers' attitudes toward clients with and without criminal justice involvement.RESULTS:
Providers reported lower regard for criminal justice-involved clients than for clients without such involvement. Providers were less likely to report having a great deal of respect for clients with (79%) versus without (95%) criminal justice involvement. On all items that measured providers' perceived similarity with their clients, less than 50% of providers rated themselves as similar, regardless of clients' criminal justice status.CONCLUSIONS:
Future research should explore how providers' attitudes toward criminal justice-involved clients influence service delivery for this group.Palavras-chave
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Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article