Institutional Case Management Applied to Acute Psychiatric Care in Correctional Mental Health

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April 2021

Full Citation

Bedard, L., & Volentine, J. (2000). Institutional Case Management Applied to Acute Psychiatric Care in Correctional Mental Health. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 30(3-4), 21–34. https://doi.org/10.1300/J076v30n03_02

Abstract

The case management model developed at the Corrections Mental Health Unit within the Florida Department of Corrections is a treatment model developed to better care for acute psychiatric inmate patients. The rate of readmission to the acute care facility had nearly quadrulped over a six-year period. In response to that, a new case management approach was introduced. It has been shown that this treatment approach has significantly reduced the length of stay for these clients by nearly 27%. This significant finding not only benefits the clients by stabilizing them faster but the treatment has also saved Floridians tax dollars by returning the offenders to their home institution sooner.