LIVE: Correctional Mental Health
October 19, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific
October 19, 2023
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Pacific
4 Hours
$225 Registration | $200 Early Registration (through 10/12) | Live Virtual Training via Zoom
Virginia Barber-Rioja, PhD and Ashley Batastini, PhD present a live virtual professional training program on Correctional Mental Health.
The U.S. incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world. The incarcerated population is overrepresented by people of color, LGBTQ persons, and people with extensive behavioral health needs, including mental health, substance use, and trauma-related disorders. Specifically, individuals with mental illness account for a significantly large proportion of those incarcerated, making jails the largest psychiatric treatment facilities in the country.
The US correctional system provides plenty of opportunities for mental health professionals to contribute their science as clinicians, researchers, and policy advocates. Adequate mental health interventions are essential to prevent suicide and violence, mitigate stress, and overall increase the chances of rehabilitation and recovery. However, the delivery of mental health services in correctional settings is challenging, and resources are often limited. Furthermore, even though mental health practice and research in correctional settings require specialized knowledge, correctional clinicians, administrators, and scholars have few resources to guide their practice.
This program provides an overview of the practice of correctional mental health. The program will start with an overview of the US. The correctional system, including the difference between jails and prisons and different systems of incarceration (e.g., state, federal, immigration, military). The program will review the different competencies required for clinical practice and research in jails and prisons, including screening and assessment, treatment, management of suicidal and violent behaviors, and ethical issues and professional values. This training will primarily be based on didactic content. However, for selected topics, the presenters will incorporate case studies.
This training is intended for early mental health professionals who want to work in jails/prisons or currently work in jails/prisons; students interested in pursuing a career in correctional mental health or completing practicums in jails/prisons; or academics who want to pursue research in jails/prisons.
The key topics will include:
- Introduction to the US Correctional System:
- Jails vs. prisons and different systems of incarceration
- Mass incarceration
- Overrepresentation of behavioral health issues in incarcerated individuals
- Constitutional rights to treatment of incarcerated individuals
- Roles of mental health professionals in jails/prisons
- Correctional mental health: relevant areas of competency
- screening and assessment
- treatment
- management of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and other suicidal behaviors
- management of disruptive/violent behaviors
- management of substance use disorders
- management of trauma-related clinical presentations
- Restrictive housing
- Multicultural, structural, and racial inequality considerations
- Ethical and legal issues
- Research and advocacy
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
Virginia Barber-Rioja, PhD
Virginia Barber-Rioja obtained her Ph.D. in clinical forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. For 7 years, she worked in the NYC jail system holding the positions of Co-Chief and Clinical Director of Mental Health and Assistant Chief of Forens...
Presented By
Ashley Batastini, PhD
Dr. Ashley Batastini earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas Tech University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, & Research at the University of Memphis. Her research emphasis is broadly at the intersection between the men...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the U.S correctional system and the overrepresentation of individuals with behavioral health issues within this system
Describe the different roles that mental health professionals can play within the US correctional system
Describe the different competencies required to practice correctional mental health and to conduct research in jails/prisons
Describe the ethical and legal issues involved in the practice of correctional mental health
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