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Mental Healthcare In The BOP

Has Limited Availability

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Several First Step Act Programs deal with Mental Health issues, but these programs have very limited availability.

  • Beyond Violence: Prevention Program for Criminal-Justice Involved Women assists women in understanding trauma and the aspects of anger.
  • Brief CBT for Suicidal Individuals developed for individuals at risk of suicide.
  • Challenge** – a program for male inmates in Penitentiary (High Security) facilities. Treats those with substance abuse and/or mental illness disorders (psychotic, mood, anxiety, or personality).
  • COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION for aging adults with depression or depressive symptoms. This program may be completed in an individual or group setting.
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy Cognitive Processing Therapy is an evidence-based intervention for treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  • DEMENTIA: There is only 1 BOP location,
  • Female Integrated Treatment (FIT) Program ** For female inmates with substance use, trauma (PTSD), and other mental illnesses. For those eligible for RDAP…
  • Mental Health Step Down Program ** This residential program offers intermediate care for inmates with serious mental illness who do not require inpatient treatment but lack the skills to function in the general population.
  • Resilience Support [VETERANS] provides resilience-building skills to veteran inmates…
  • Resolve Program  – a program for those with a Mental Health diagnosis related to trauma…
  • Skills Program: A program for inmates with intellectual disabilities, neurological deficits, and social deficiencies (i.e., Autistic), only two facility locations nationwide.
  • STAGES Program, Residential **A residential Psychology Treatment Program for inmates diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, only two facility locations nationwide.

If this applies, it is important enough to be included in their documentation before their Presentence Interview, stressing a placement request.

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