Supporting Persons with SMI in the Community after Release from a Correctional Setting-View Presentation Slides

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The document is a comprehensive guide by the American Psychiatric Association on supporting individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) in the community following their release from correctional settings. The emphasis is on understanding the challenges faced by these individuals and providing structured support to facilitate successful reentry.<br /><br />The report outlines several emerging models and interventions designed to assist with post-incarceration transitions, such as Critical Time Intervention (CTI), Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), and MISSION-Criminal Justice (MISSION-CJ). CTI focuses on time-limited community integration support, FACT adapts Assertive Community Treatment for those involved in the criminal justice system, and MISSION-CJ combines multiple evidence-based services targeting mental health and substance use disorders.<br /><br />It is highlighted that individuals with SMI re-entering society are more prone to various risks, including re-arrest, health crises, and a lack of treatment continuity. The report offers insights into how these risks can be mitigated through comprehensive interventions that focus on creating community connections, supporting mental health stabilization, and incorporating peer and legal system collaborations.<br /><br />Moreover, the document details the process of community supervision, exploring probation and parole as mechanisms to support adherence to treatment and integration efforts, and highlights statistical evidence from existing studies and trials that underscore the necessity of these models.<br /><br />It further discusses challenges like stigma and resource deficits that individuals face post-release and offers guidelines such as the Assess, Plan, Identify, Coordinate (APIC) framework to counter these issues. Finally, the report encourages ongoing support through relationship-building, data analysis, and continuous engagement to improve outcomes for individuals with SMI once they return to their communities. <br /><br />The content closes with calls for cross-disciplinary collaboration, the importance of specialized training, and guidelines for participation in future educational webinars.

Keywords

serious mental illness

community reentry

Critical Time Intervention

Forensic Assertive Community Treatment

MISSION-Criminal Justice

post-incarceration support

community supervision

APIC framework

cross-disciplinary collaboration

mental health stabilization