Discussion Post: Nursing/ Mental Health
Watch the video on YouTube: "Institutionalized: Mental Health Behind Bars".
After viewing please complete the assignment below:
• How have prisons become the new state hospital facilities?
• How many people with mental illness are being held in jails and prisons throughout the United States?
• What were the 4 most common psychiatric disorders in the prison population?
• Why do individuals with psychiatric disorders end up in jail?
• Do individuals with psychiatric disorders serve longer or shorter sentences than the general population? Explain.
• How does medication noncompliance impact prisoners with psychiatric disorders?
• What factors may contribute to the psychotropic medication noncompliance?
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.