American Psychosis (39 page)

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. Grissom, “Sheriffs Worry”; L. S. Avant, “Mentally Ill Crowding in Jails, Officials Say,”
TuscaloosaNews.com
(AL), April 19, 2012,
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20120419/NEWS/120419722
; J. Last, “Shocking Stats from Erie County Prison,”
ErieTVNews.com
(PA), July 11, 2012,
http://www.erietvnews.com/story/19003869/shocking-stats-from-erie-county-prison
; M. Geary, “Mentally Ill Inmates Fill Black Hawk County Jail,”
KCRG
(IA), April 3, 2011,
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Mentally-Ill-Inmates-Fill-Black-Hawk-County-Jail-119160659.html
; J. Mitchell, “Jail No Place for Mentally Ill, Advocates Say,”
Clarion Ledger
(Jackson, MS), January 31, 2011.

10
. Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project, Fact Sheet: “Mental Illness and Jails,”
http://consensusproject.org/downloads/fact_jails.pdf
; C. Turner, “Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Administration,”
American Jails
20, no. 6 (2007): 49–53; F. Butterfield, “Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Mentally Ill,”
New York Times
, October 22, 2003; K. Connolly, “Mentally Ill Increasing Strain on US Prison System,”
BBC News
, February 22, 2011,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12532538
.

11
. G. Fields, “No Way Out: Trapped by Rules, the Mentally Ill Languish in Prison,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 3, 2006; M. Parker, “Mentally Ill Jailed, Awaiting Therapy,”
Clarion Ledger
(Jackson, MS), August 16, 2010; J. Dearen, “Mental Patients Languish in Jail,”
Oakland Tribune
(CA), September 22, 2005; N. Wolff, C. L. Blitz, and J. Shi, “Rates of Sexual Victimization in Prison for Inmates with and without Mental Disorders,”
Psychiatric Services 58
, no. 8 (2007): 1087–1094.

12
. C. M. Miller and A. Fantz, “Special ‘Psych’ Jails Planned,”
Miami Herald
, November 15, 2007; E. Bender, “Community Treatment More Humane, Reduces Criminal Justice Costs,”
Psychiatric News
, October 3, 2003, 28; A. Rathbun, “Inmates with Mental Illness Bring Extra Costs to Monroe Prison,”
Everett (WA) Herald
, November 23, 2009; A. J. Gottschlich and G. Cetnar, “Drug Bills at Jail Top Food Costs,”
Springfield (OH) News Sun
, August 20, 2002.

13
. B. Bradley, “Sheriff Dart Considers Suing the State over Health Issue,”
ABC7News. com
, May 20, 2011,
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8143042
; R. Armon, “Sheriff Closes Jail to Violent Mentally Ill,”
Akron (OH) Beacon Journal
, February 13, 2012.

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. Fields, “No Way Out”; R. Exner, “Sheriff Runs Own Pharmacy Unit in Jail,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, November 5, 2011.

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. “ ‘Edge of Crisis’ for Jails,”
Sun Journal
(Lewiston, ME), August 31, 2007; Miller and Fantz, “Special ‘Psych’ Jails Planned”; J. McKee, “Lack of Mental-Health Treatment Options Clogs Criminal Justice System,”
Helena (MT) Independent Record
, October 2, 2007; N. Barnett, “At Central Prison in Raleigh, a New Mental Hospital Reflects Rise in Mentally Ill Inmates,”
Independent News
(NC), February 3, 2011.

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. M. Scott, “State Hospitals as Alternative to Prison?”
WHYY
(Philadelphia), January 27, 2010,
http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2010/01/27/state-hospitals-as-alternative-to-prison/29099
; New York State Office of Mental Health press release, DOCS, “OMH Open Residential Mental Health Unit at Marcy Correctional Facility,” December 15, 2009,
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/News/2009/pr_rmhu.html
.

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. D. Ramsey, “Sheriff’s Dept Sees Rise in Calls Relating to the Mentally Ill,”
Village News
(CA), August 18, 2011; C. Conrad, “Incidents Involving Mentally Ill Increase,”
Mail Tribune
(Medford, OR), May 2, 2011; J. Strong, “Battling Their Demons: A Man with Mental Illness and His West Des Moines Neighbors Live in Fear of Each Other,”
Des Moines Register
, September 14, 2006.

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. M. Booth, “Police Get Training on Dealing with Mentally Ill,”
Corvallis (OR) Gazette-Times
, May 1, 2008; R. Sheehan, “Shuttling Patients Burdens Deputies,”
News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC), January 15, 2010; J. N. Chang, “Deputies on Day 9 with Commitment Patient,”
News Herald
(Morgantown, NC), March 26, 2010.

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. J. Scheibe, “Injuries Drop for Officers with Tasers, Officials Say,”
Ventura County (CA) Star
, March 27, 2008; T. Buford, “Questions Linger about Man’s Death in Police Custody,”
Providence (RI) Journal
, July 1, 2008; L. Goldston, “Former Cops Changing Way Santa Clara County Deals with Mentally Ill in Crisis,”
Mercury News
(San Jose, CA), November 4, 2010; K. Gibas, “Syracuse Police Say Encounters with Emotionally Disturbed People Are on the Rise,”
YNN
(NY), December 19, 2011,
http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/567616/syracuse-police-say-encounters-with-emotionally-disturbed-people-are-on-the-rise/
; “Are Some Police Shootings Linked to Lapse in Mental Health Care?,”
WMUR 9
(NH), September 22, 2011,
http://news.yahoo.com/video/manchesterwmur-18211745/are-some-police-shootings-linked-to-mental-health-lapses-26713713.html
; J. Proctor, “Database to Warn Cops of Mental Illness Red Flags,”
PoliceOne.com
(NM), May 8, 2012,
http://www.policeone.com/edp/articles/5504604-Database-to-warn-cops-of-mental-illness-red-flags/
.

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. Goldston, “Former cops”; P. Malone, “Mentally Ill Inmates Pose Big Problems, Sheriffs Say,”
Pueblo (CO) Chieftan
, September 22, 2007.

21
. M. Simonich, “Bill Would Require Police to Train for Mentally Ill,”
Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News
, February 10, 2011.

22
. S. Krishnan, “Mental-Health Professional Added to Seattle Police Department,”
Seattle Times
, May 18, 2010; M. Hsin, “Social Worker to Help Police Department Tackle Mental Health Calls,”
Burbank (CA) Leader
, May 29, 2012.

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. A. Foxman, “Jail Officials to Escort Some Inmates to Treatment,”
Ventura County (CA) Star
, August 1, 2010; J. Sly, “Police Helping Mentally Ill Find Treatment,”
Modesto (CA) Bee
, October 22, 2002;
NAMI E-News
, Vol. 01-20, September 22, 2000.

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. J. Jiggetts, “Va. Beach Sheriff Offers to Aid Mental Health Program,”
Virginian-Pilot
(Norfolk, VA), May 5, 2011; S. Taylor, “County to Test Mental Health Court,”
Tuscaloosa News
(AL), May 17, 2012.

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. P. A. Griffin, H. J. Steadman, and J. Petrila, “The Use of Criminal Charges and Sanctions in Mental Health Courts,”
Psychiatric Services 53
, no. 10 (2002): 1285–1289; H. J. Steadman, S. Davison, and C. Brown, “Mental Health Courts: Their Promise and Unanswered Questions,”
Psychiatric Services 52
, no. 4 (2001): 457–458.

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. V. A. Hiday and B. Ray, “Arrests Two Years after Exiting a Well-Established Mental Health Court,”
Psychiatric Services 61
, no. 5 (2010): 463–468; H. J. Steadman et al., “Effect of Mental Health Courts on Arrests and Jail Days,”
Archives of General Psychiatry 68
, no. 2 (2011): 167–172; H. R. Lamb and L. E. Weinberger, “Mental Health Courts as a Way to Provide Treatment to Violent Persons with Severe Mental Illness,”
Journal of the American Medical Association 300
, no. 6 (2008): 722–724.

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. J. Marquis and D. Morain, “A Tortuous Path for the Mentally Ill,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 21, 1999; D. E. McNiel, R. L. Binder, and J. C. Robinson, “Incarceration Associated with Homelessness, Mental Disorder, and Co-occurring Substance Abuse,”
Psychiatric Services 56
, no. 7 (2005): 840–846; H. R. Lamb et al., “Treatment Prospects for Persons with Severe Mental Illness in an Urban County Jail,”
Psychiatric Services 58
, no. 6 (2007): 782–786; P. F. Mangano and G. Blasi, “Stuck on Skid Row: L.A. Should Do What Other Cities Are: Move the Homeless into Permanent Housing, and Stop Just Managing the Problem,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 29, 2007.

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. A. Foster, J. Gable, and J. Buckley, “Homelessness in Schizophrenia,”
Psychiatric Clinics of North America 35
, no. 3 (2012): 717–734; A. Nagourney, “Los Angeles Seeking to Shed Reputation for Homelessness,”
New York Times
, December 13, 2010; S. Lopez, “Now Comes the Heavy Lifting,”
Los Angeles Times
, October 23, 2005; C. Stillwell, “Homeless by the Bay,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 5, 2008; K. Seligman, “Street Attack Stuns Visiting Doctors,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 23, 2003.

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. L. Hammack and M. Adams, “Roanoke Turns Its Focus on Homeless,”
Roanoke (VA) Times
, December 16, 2007; V. Chufo, “200 High-Risk Patients Locked Out of Mental Health Treatment,”
Daily Press
(VA), June 1, 2011; B. Newsome and L. Benzel, “Mental Health Troubles Dog the Chronically Homeless,”
Colorado Springs Gazette
, January 6, 2009; G. Remal, “Police May Arrest Homeless Man,”
Kennebec (ME) Journal
, September 28, 2005.

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. E. Lichtblau, “Killings of Homeless Rise to Highest Level in a Decade,”
New York Times
, August 19, 2010; J. Tuohy, “Deadly Beating of Homeless Man Shows ‘The Ultimate Form of Cowardice,’ ”
IndyStar
(IN), May 6, 2011; J. DeBerry, “At Memorial for New Orleans Murder Victim, a Heavenly Hope Takes on New Meaning,”
Nola.com
(LA), May 1, 2011,
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/05/at_memorial_for_new_orleans_mu.html
; “2 Cops Charged in Beating Death of Homeless Man,”
CBSNews.com
, September 21, 2011,
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-20109623.html
.

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. D. C. Grabowski et al., “Mental Illness in Nursing Homes: Variations across States,”
Health Affairs 28
, no. 3 (2009): 689–700; C. A. Fullerton et al., “Trends in Mental Health Admissions to Nursing Homes, 1999–2005,”
Psychiatric Services 60
, no. 7 (2009): 965–971.

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. C. K. Johnson, “Nursing Homes Patients Endangered by Mentally Ill,”
Pottstown (PA) Mercury
, May 4, 2009.

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. R. Pear, “Report Finds Violations at Most Nursing Homes,”
New York Times
, September 30, 2008; W. Barrett, “Scandal Cash,”
Village Voice
(NY), June 4, 2002; C. J. Levy, “Mentally Ill and Locked Up in New York Nursing Homes,”
New York Times
, October 6, 2002.

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. M. Fleishman, “The Problem: How Many Patients Live in Residential Care Facilities?”
Psychiatric Services 55
, no. 6 (2004): 620–622.

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. C. J. Levy and S. Kershaw, “For Mentally Ill, Chaos in an Intended Refuge,”
New York Times
, April 18, 2001; C. J. Levy, “Doctor Admits He Did Needless Surgery on the Mentally Ill,”
New York Times
, May 20, 2003; C. J. Levy, “Home for Mentally Ill Settles Suit on Coerced Prostate Surgery for $7.4 Million,”
New York Times
, August 5, 2004; L. Eisenberg, “Violence and the Mentally Ill: Victims, Not Perpetrators,”
Archives of General Psychiatry 62
, no. 8 (2005): 825–826.

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. Barrett, “Scandal Cash.”

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. “Group-Home Owners Charged with Resident Abuse, Fraud,”
Washington Post
, November 8, 2005; D. S. Fallis, “In Va.’s Assisted Living Homes, Violent Preyed on the Vulnerable,”
Washington Post
, May 24, 2004; M. Kissinger, “Mentally Ill Suffer Deadly Neglect,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, March 18, 2006; M. Kissinger, “Promise of Care Made But Broken,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, March 19, 2006.

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. L. Ahearn, “Mental Health Reform Flaws, Laid Bare,”
Greensboro (NC) News Record
, April 13, 2008; M. Biesecker, “Feds Will Probe Mental Health,”
Charlotte-Observer
(NC), November 25, 2010; C. M. Miller, R. Barry, and M. Sallah, “At Homes for the Mentally Ill, a Sweeping Breakdown in Care,”
Miami Herald
, May 4, 2011.

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. J. Y. Choe, “Perpetration of Violence, Violent Victimization, and Severe Mental Illness: Balancing Public Health Concerns,”
Psychiatric Services 59
, no. 2 (2008): 153–164; “A Ferocious Crime against the Helpless,”
Cape Cod Times
, July 22, 1984.

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. Stillwell, “Homeless by the Bay”; R. Vaillancourt, “Woman Attacks Infant in Stroller,”
Los Angeles Downtown News
, July 27, 2011.

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. B. Wallman, “Leaders Angered by Homeless in Fort Lauderdale,”
Sun Sentinel
(FL), February 22, 2008; Reich and Siegel, “Psychiatry under Siege.”

42
. R. C. Archibold, “Please Don’t Feed Homeless in Parks, Las Vegas Says in Ordinance,”
New York Times
, July 28, 2006.

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. E. F. Torrey, R. Esposito, and J. Geller, “Problems Associated with Mentally Ill Individuals in Public Libraries,”
Public Libraries
, March/April 2009.

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. E. Julius, “Homeless in Hagerstown,”
Hagerstown (MD) Herald Mail
, September 22, 2009; Associated Press, “San Fran Library Hires Social Worker for Homeless,”
New York Times
, February 20, 2010; A. Ball, “Public Workers Given Mental Health Training in Austin,”
Austin American-Statesman
, September 6, 2010; Torrey et al., “Public Libraries.”