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Better Prescribing in Correctional Facilities
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 27, Number 2, May 2016 Supplement
- pp. 29-33
- 10.1353/hpu.2016.0055
- Article
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Serious mental illness is highly prevalent in jails and prisons, and treatment with psychiatric medications is often required. However, operational factors and patient characteristics make prescribing in correctional settings uniquely challenging. The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law has approved the formation of a working group to create a Resource Document examining best practices for prescribing psychiatric medications in these settings.