Comments on: Something MUST be done http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/05/29/something-must-be-done/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark(p.s.2) http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/05/29/something-must-be-done/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Mark(p.s.2) Wed, 30 May 2007 19:58:10 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/05/29/something-must-be-done/#comment-1992 "I'm so tired of seeing mentally ill people going to jail." I thought criminals went to jail after being found guilty. Innocent mentally ill people are going to jail for being mentally ill? “I’m so tired of seeing mentally ill people going to jail.”
I thought criminals went to jail after being found guilty.
Innocent mentally ill people are going to jail for being mentally ill?

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/05/29/something-must-be-done/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Joe Wed, 30 May 2007 15:49:40 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/05/29/something-must-be-done/#comment-1991 And then sadly, too little is done in the community from whence inmates come and will subsequently return. For example, another article from this month's issue of the APA's Psychiatric Services considers the treatment of those who might also be considered a priority population, i.e. persons discharged from intensive settings, "Quality of Care in a Medicaid Population With Bipolar I Disorder" (excerpted from the abstract) OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether presenting diagnosis and treatment in intensive settings (hospitalization, partial hospitalization, or residential programs) are correlated with the subsequent treatment of bipolar I disorder. RESULTS: Only one-third of enrollees received both guideline-recommended treatments after the first observed bipolar diagnosis. Patients were less likely to receive both recommended treatments if the first observed mental health service occurred in an intensive setting. Enrollees presenting with a bipolar diagnosis were less likely to receive psychotherapy, whereas rates of antimanic medication use were similar to those with other presenting diagnoses. http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/ps;58/6/848 And then sadly, too little is done in the community from whence inmates come and will subsequently return. For example, another article from this month’s issue of the APA’s Psychiatric Services considers the treatment of those who might also be considered a priority population, i.e. persons discharged from intensive settings,

“Quality of Care in a Medicaid Population With Bipolar I Disorder” (excerpted from the abstract)

OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether presenting diagnosis and treatment in intensive settings (hospitalization, partial hospitalization, or residential programs) are correlated with the subsequent treatment of bipolar I disorder.

RESULTS: Only one-third of enrollees received both guideline-recommended treatments after the first observed bipolar diagnosis. Patients were less likely to receive both recommended treatments if the first observed mental health service occurred in an intensive setting. Enrollees presenting with a bipolar diagnosis were less likely to receive psychotherapy, whereas rates of antimanic medication use were similar to those with other presenting diagnoses.

http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/ps;58/6/848

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