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Prison Mental Health Care Can Be Improved by Better Management and More Effective Federal Aid

GGD-80-11 Published: Nov 23, 1979. Publicly Released: Nov 23, 1979.
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Correctional officials, courts, and legislatures have concluded, to varying degrees, that inmates must have access to adequate health care. Adequate mental health care involves identifying inmates' individual problems or needs and providing treatment tailored to meet their needs.

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Correctional facilitiesFacility managementMental care facilitiesMental health care servicesMental healthSubstance abuseSubstance abuseBehavioral sciences researchParoleSubstance abuse treatment