The use of restraint and seclusion in correctional mental health care

This resource document discusses the use of seclusion or restraint for purposes of mental health intervention in jails and prisons, in contrast to its use for correctional purposes (i.e., specifically custody reasons).** The use of seclusion or restraint for mental health reasons is an emergency measure to prevent imminent harm to the patient or other persons when other means of control are not effective or appropriate.

Mental Health Response to Migration Emergencies

This guide is crafted with a sense of urgency and purpose to provide support to those engaged in mental healthcare for migrants.

Mental Health Courts

Mental health courts (MHCs) are one of a range of “problem-solving courts” operated on the premise that the criminal law can be used to therapeutic ends to the benefit of both individual defendants and society as a whole, a concept known as therapeutic jurisprudence (Winick 2003). Other examples of problem-solving courts include homelessness courts, veterans’ treatment courts, and domestic violence courts. Many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with MHCs despite their rapid expansion in recent years.

Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Position Statement on the Use of Psychedelic and Empathogenic Agents for Mental Health Conditions

Position Statement on the Use of Psychedelic and Empathogenic Agents for Mental Health Conditions

A Bill of Rights

Endorsement of Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services: A Bill of Rights

Prevention of Patient Assaults on Mental Healthcare Employees in Psychiatric Healthcare Settings

This resource document is intended to support psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental healthcare workers and to provide a framework for assessing the adequacy of existing violence prevention policies and a list of resources for the development of state-of-the-art policy approaches.

Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services

Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services

Access to firearms by people with mental ilnness

Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Illness Approved by the Joint Reference Committee, June 2009 Reports of mass shootings and other serious firearmrelated violence, such as the Columbine shootings of 1999 and the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, are often accompanied by indications that the perpetrator had some emotional disturbance or mental illness. These incidents have raised growing concern about access to firearms (1) by people with mental disorders. Current f

Position Statement on the Role of Psychiatrists in Reducing Physical Health Disparities in Patients with Mental Illness

Position Statement on the Role of Psychiatrists in Reducing Physical Health Disparities in Patients with Mental Illness

Social Determinants of Health

All of these variables impede access to care, which is critical to individual health, and the attainment of social equity. These are essential to the pursuit of happiness, described in this country’s founding document as an “inalienable right.” It is from this that our profession derives its duty to address the social determinants of health.

Mental Health Issues Pertaining to Restoring Access to Firearms

Mental health courts (MHCs) are one of a range of “problem-solving courts” operated on the premise that the criminal law can be used to therapeutic ends to the benefit of both individual defendants and society as a whole, a concept known as therapeutic jurisprudence (Winick 2003). Other examples of problem-solving courts include homelessness courts, veterans’ treatment courts, and domestic violence courts. Many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with MHCs despite their rapid expansion in recent years.