Marci Mackenzie, PhD, LCSW, and Marina Moshkovich, MD, join Lorry to talk about working with ADHD patients in prison. Dr. Mackenzie is a Clinician Administrator and Dr. Moshkovich is a psychiatrist with University Correctional HealthCare, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care Division, working in the New Jersey Prison System. They presented a session on ADHD Prevalence and Treatment Among Prison Inmates…
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Cindy Domenici RN, BC, is the Nurse Case Manager/Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. She shares this true tale approved for publication with identifiers removed. There is no good time to hear that you have cancer. There is no good place to be in your life to hear that news. For Sonny, hearing this devastating news in prison,…
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Keeping patients safe from clinical error and unintended harm is a responsibility of every health care professional, system, and organization. While community health care settings have been instituting patient safety concepts since the 1990’s, correctional health care is just beginning to transfer these concepts to the unique setting and patient population of the criminal justice system. Safety experts in traditional…
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