Supporting Justice-Involved Individuals with SMI: From Arrest to Recovery-View Presentation

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Dr. Amy Cohen introduces the SMI Advisor webinar on supporting justice-involved individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). The webinar aims to provide clinicians with the answers they need to care for their patients with SMI who have been involved in the criminal justice system. Dr. Deb Pinals, a clinical professor of psychiatry, leads the webinar and discusses various settings where individuals with SMI are likely to be in the criminal justice system and how care is delivered in those settings. She also addresses the risks of criminal recidivism and poor retention in treatment for individuals with SMI and outlines frameworks and models of support to enhance continuity of care across settings. Dr. Pinals emphasizes the importance of collaboration between the mental health and criminal justice systems and offers strategies for building consensus and facilitating communication between these systems. She also highlights the need for more resources and funding to support individuals with SMI during their transition from the criminal justice system to the community.

Keywords

SMI Advisor webinar

serious mental illness

clinicians

criminal justice system

care delivery

criminal recidivism

continuity of care

collaboration

strategies

transition