Book contents
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction/Description of the Problem
- Chapter 1 Balancing the Pendulum: Rethinking the Role of Institutionalization in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
- Chapter 2 Deinstitutionalization and Other Factors in the Criminalization of Persons with Serious Mental Illness and How it is Being Addressed
- Chapter 3 A Brief History of the Criminalization of Mental Illness
- Chapter 4 A Social History of Psychotic Illness
- Chapter 5 Forensic Patients in State Psychiatric Hospitals: 1999–2016
- Chapter 6 A Survey of National Trends in Psychiatric Patients Found Incompetent to Stand Trial: Reasons for the Reinstitutionalization of People with Serious Mental Illness in the United States
- Chapter 7 Forensic Psychiatry and Mental Health in Australia: An Overview
- Chapter 8 Community Forensic Psychiatric Services in England and Wales
- Chapter 9 A Longitudinal Description of Incompetent to Stand Trial Admissions to a State Hospital
- Part II Solutions
- Part III Psychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part IV Nonpsychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part V Criminal Justice and Social Considerations
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Deinstitutionalization and Other Factors in the Criminalization of Persons with Serious Mental Illness and How it is Being Addressed
from Part I - Introduction/Description of the Problem
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2021
Book contents
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction/Description of the Problem
- Chapter 1 Balancing the Pendulum: Rethinking the Role of Institutionalization in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
- Chapter 2 Deinstitutionalization and Other Factors in the Criminalization of Persons with Serious Mental Illness and How it is Being Addressed
- Chapter 3 A Brief History of the Criminalization of Mental Illness
- Chapter 4 A Social History of Psychotic Illness
- Chapter 5 Forensic Patients in State Psychiatric Hospitals: 1999–2016
- Chapter 6 A Survey of National Trends in Psychiatric Patients Found Incompetent to Stand Trial: Reasons for the Reinstitutionalization of People with Serious Mental Illness in the United States
- Chapter 7 Forensic Psychiatry and Mental Health in Australia: An Overview
- Chapter 8 Community Forensic Psychiatric Services in England and Wales
- Chapter 9 A Longitudinal Description of Incompetent to Stand Trial Admissions to a State Hospital
- Part II Solutions
- Part III Psychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part IV Nonpsychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part V Criminal Justice and Social Considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
The United States prison population, including both federal and state prisons and county and city jails, was 2,162,400 inmates as of December 31, 2016.1 The percentage of jail and prison inmates assumed to be seriously mentally ill (as defined in various studies as schizophrenia, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, and psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified) has generally been estimated at about 16%.2 Using these numbers (2,162,400 × 16%) yields an estimate of 345,984 incarcerated persons with serious mental illness (SMI) in jails, and state and federal prisons. The actual number may be somewhat higher or lower, depending on the accuracy of the percentage.
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