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May 20, 2010
Serious Mentally Ill Persons Three Times More Likely To Be Incarcerated Than Hospitalized, Report Says.
According to USA Today (5/13, Rubin), "on average, a seriously mentally ill person in the USA is three times more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized, areport (pdf)" issued by "the National Sheriffs' Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center found." In fact, "in no state was a seriously mentally ill person -- someone with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, for example -- less likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized."
Researchers based the report on "previously unpublished 2004-2005 data from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Bureau of Justice." USA Today notes psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, MD, founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center, co-authored this report.
Related Links:
- Mentally ill people are sent to jail more often than hospital," Rita Rubin, USA Today, May 11, 2010.
Posted by admin at May 20, 2010 06:08 PM