Research
- Research involving participation by prisoners is tightly controlled by
federal regulations. UConn Health Center faculty and a
specialized IRB panel have developed expertise in
this area over the years.
- The executive director of CMHC serves as an advisor to
the National Institute of Mental Health, the National
Institute of Correction and the Substance Abuse Mental
Health Services Agency, positioning CMHC for effective and
expanding opportunities for collaborative research.
- Growing out of a program of over $5 million in federal
and private grants, recent research in CMHC has included
multiple collaborative initiatives.
- Studies have included randomized bipolar disorder
clinical trials, evidence based skill training program for
behaviorally and emotionally impaired inmates and mental
health screening tools developed, validated and disseminated
nationally.
- Under the leadership of Deborah Shelton, Ph.D., R.N.,
and Robert Trestman, Ph.D., M.D., this program is evolving
and is one of the few correctional healthcare research
programs in the nation.
Mental Health Screens for Corrections
Julian Ford and Robert L. Trestman; and Fred Osher, Jack E.
Scott, Henry J. Steadman, and Pamela Clark Robbins
Mental Health Screens for Corrections reports on two
projects to create and validate mental health screening
instruments that corrections staff can use during intake.
The researchers created short questionnaires that accurately
identify inmates who require mental health interventions.
One mental health screen was found to be effective for men
and is being adapted for women; the other has effective
versions for both men and women. The screening instruments
are reproduced in the appendixes.
Click here to download a copy of Mental Health Screens for
Corrections.
Reposted with permission of the National Institute of
Justice,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij.
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