NCJ Number
154209
Journal
Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (1994) Pages: 63-70
Date Published
1994
Length
8 pages
Annotation
New York State Intermediate Care Programs provide an intermediate level of clinical and rehabilitative services to inmates who have serious diagnosable mental disorders that require more than the outpatient services offered by prison mental health units, but do not require institutionalization.
Abstract
This exploratory study was conducted to assess whether there was a reduction in disruptive and harmful behaviors among 209 inmates who had been in the State's Intermediate Care Programs for at least 6 months between 1988 and 1989. The results show that among those inmates who participated in the program for six months or more, there were significant reductions in very serious rules infractions, suicide attempts, correctional discipline and use of three types of mental health services, i.e., crisis care, seclusion, and hospitalization. Reductions in correctional privileges, keeplock, and emergency psychotropic medication were not statistically significant, but declined by more than 20 percent. 3 tables and 12 references