Personality is the emotional and behavioral characteristics that make up a person. Personality traits are said to be present at…
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Mental Health
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions I: “The Patient is Going Nuts!”
About 37 percent of incarcerated individuals in prison have a history of mental health problems, according to a 2017 report from…
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Preventing Inmate Suicide: The Ultimate Patient Safety Measure
Suicide is a leading cause of inmate death in both settings. According to the US Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice…
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Correctional Nursing and Suicide Prevention
SUICIDE IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES The recent high profile suicide deaths in correctional facilities have brought a national focus on suicide and…
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Improve Dementia Care by Communicating with R-E-S-P-E-C-T
This guest post is written by Jaime Todd, MBA, LNHA. His bio is found at the end. An elderly inmate…
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Self-Injury: One System’s Approach
Robert D. Canning, Ph.D., CCHP, is Sr. Psychologist Specialist, Quality Management Program, Statewide Mental Health Program for California Correctional Health…
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