The use of psychological understanding to manage offender-patients who conduct violent crimes towards themselves or others is known as forensic psychotherapy. But how do forensic psychologists manage their patients in the Prisons?
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According to forensicpsychologyedu.org, forensic psychologists that work within the prison system have the following duties with which they help their patients:
Completing rounds: Visiting patients and making determinations regarding their level of care
Making referrals to the Department of Mental Health: Determining whether an inmate’s condition is severe or chronic enough to warrant a referral to the Department of Mental Health
Completing mental health screenings: Evaluating patients using an assessment designed to evaluate major mental health disorders and developmental delays
Responding to mental health crises: Responding to emergencies that entail issues such as suicidal or homicidal ideation, victimization, rape, major depression, panic attacks, death of a loved one, etc.
Performing psychological intakes: Determining whether or not inmates who are referred to mental health require treatment; creating treatment plans, if necessary
Providing court-ordered assessments: Offering a professional opinion based on a court-ordered assessment; often involves an opinion on a defendant’s sentence (e.g., the recommendation for prison, probation, or conditions of parole)
Providing individual and group therapy: Providing services to inmates using mental health services; therapy covers issues such as:
Personality disorders (antisocial, narcissistic, borderline personality)
Drug addiction, polysubstance dependence
Adjustment disorder
Bipolar disorders
Major depression
Schizophrenia
Generalized anxiety disorder
You can read more about it on---https://www.forensicpsychologyedu.org/corrections/