preparing communities for re-entry of offenders with mental illness: the action approach presented...
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Objective The aim was to have cross- system collaboration among the criminal justice, mental heath and substance abuse system to promote recovery of incarcerated people with co-occurring disorders re- entering into the community through education, facilitated strategic planning and follow- up technical assistance.TRANSCRIPT
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Preparing Communities for Re-Entry of Offenders with Mental Illness: The ACTION Approach
Presented by: Andradene Lowe & Kris Wilson
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Oh No!! We’ve got a Problem • “ Approximately 900,000 people with active
symptoms of serious illness are booked annually into U.S. jails– and three quarters of them have a co-occurring substance use disorder.”
• However, when the offenders are released into community with “multiple, complex, and interrelated treatment needs”, the community is not prepared for the offenders’ needs.
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Objective
• The aim was to have cross- system collaboration among the criminal justice, mental heath and substance abuse system to promote recovery of incarcerated people with co-occurring disorders re- entering into the community through education, facilitated strategic planning and follow- up technical assistance.
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Main Criminologist
• J. Sacks, S. Sacks, G. De Leon, A. Bernhardt, G.L. Staines : modified therapeutic community for mentally ill, chemical “abusers”.
• H.K. Wexler, G. Melnick, L. Lowe, J. Peters: three year re-incarceration outcomes for amity and prison, therapeutic community and after care.
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ACTION Plan
• The action approach, a product of the Adult Cross-Training Curriculum (AXT) Project is a proven approach to improving clinical practices for justice system-involved individuals in jail and in the community by promoting positive changes through cross-system collaboration.
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Experiment
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Experiment
• Table 1 explains the steps for the professional training process
• Table 2 were the sites where the AXT took place
• Table 3 explains the 12 month steps the people with the mental illness had to take
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Data Analysis
• They use study sites which include nine beta pilot test sites(52 participants were selected)
• AXT facilitation: They do system mapping exercise and action planning (educational modules)
• Research and design which is a methodology evaluation via “customer satisfaction” survey I.E. the Kirkpatrick module
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Results and Conclusions• The therapeutic communities for those with mental
illnesses are one of the few evidence base treatment strategies that has been successful adapted
• Sacks and colleagues reported 236 males inmates in Colorado with co-occurring illness have randomly assigned to a MTC or traditional mental health program.
• MTC programs has lower rates of re-incarceration as compared to those who received traditional mental heath services ( 9% vs 33%)