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PRINTSuicide Prevention: Ethical Issues for Attorneys and Other Justice System Professionals and
Suicide Prevention Training for Community Corrections Professionals
These trainings tap these professional groups as a resource in preventing suicide in adult men and women. Court involvement and the preceding events can be significant life stressors that can increase suicide risk, which are often exacerbated upon re-entry into the community. These trainings address issues related to making appropriate and judicious referrals to qualified mental health professionals for further assessment, increases awareness of risk factors, and provides a practical model for taking action.
Judges' Guide to Mental Health Diversion: A Reference for Justice System Practitioners
The Judges' Guide to Mental Health Diversion is a tabbed, reference guide for judges interested in developing, implementing, or expanding jail diversion programs for people with mental illness.
Judges' Guide to Mental Health Jargon: A Quick Reference for Justice System Practitioners
The Judges' Guide to Mental Health Jargon is a resource for judges involved with criminal justice/mental health initiatives in their communities. A tabbed, quick reference guide to the mental health terms most often encountered in criminal justice settings.
This manual features promising practices and tools to document disabilities as part of the SSI/SSDI application process. The manual was created to help case managers and others assist adults who are homeless, especially adults who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses, with SSI and SSDI applications.
The Brief Jail Mental Health Screen
Accurately and quickly screens detainees for the presence of a mental health disorder at booking! The effective quick, simple, and FREE Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) is a powerful booking tool to screen incoming detainees in jails and detention centers for the need for further mental health assessment.
COVR is an interactive software program designed to estimate the violence risk of acute civil psychiatric patients after discharge into the community. COVR is based on a classification tree method and assesses potential risk factors for violence by looking at variables such as personal, historical, contextual, and clinical factors.
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