TY - JOUR
T1 - Engagement processes in model programs for community reentry from prison for people with serious mental illness
AU - Angell, Beth
AU - Matthews, Elizabeth
AU - Barrenger, Stacey
AU - Watson, Amy C.
AU - Draine, Jeffrey
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants # P20MH085981 , # P30MH079920 , # R01MH076068 , and F31 MH093977 from the National Institute of Mental Health ; and also by a grant from the Chicago Community Trust .
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Linking prisoners with mental illness with treatment following release is critical to preventing recidivism, but little research exists to inform efforts to engage them effectively. This presentation compares the engagement process in two model programs, each representing an evidence-based practice for mental health which has been adapted to the context of prison reentry. One model, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), emphasizes a long-term wrap-around approach that seeks to maximize continuity of care by concentrating all services within one interdisciplinary team; the other, Critical Time Intervention (CTI), is a time-limited intervention that promotes linkages to outside services and bolsters natural support systems. To compare engagement practices, we analyze data from two qualitative studies, each conducted in a newly developed treatment program serving prisoners with mental illness being discharged from prisons to urban communities. Findings show that the working relationship in reentry services exhibits unique features and is furthered in both programs by the use of practitioner strategies of engagement, including tangible assistance, methods of interacting with consumers, and encouragement of service use via third parties such as families and parole officers. Nevertheless, each program exhibited distinct cultures and rituals of reentry that were associated with fundamental differences in philosophy and differences in resources available to each program.
AB - Linking prisoners with mental illness with treatment following release is critical to preventing recidivism, but little research exists to inform efforts to engage them effectively. This presentation compares the engagement process in two model programs, each representing an evidence-based practice for mental health which has been adapted to the context of prison reentry. One model, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT), emphasizes a long-term wrap-around approach that seeks to maximize continuity of care by concentrating all services within one interdisciplinary team; the other, Critical Time Intervention (CTI), is a time-limited intervention that promotes linkages to outside services and bolsters natural support systems. To compare engagement practices, we analyze data from two qualitative studies, each conducted in a newly developed treatment program serving prisoners with mental illness being discharged from prisons to urban communities. Findings show that the working relationship in reentry services exhibits unique features and is furthered in both programs by the use of practitioner strategies of engagement, including tangible assistance, methods of interacting with consumers, and encouragement of service use via third parties such as families and parole officers. Nevertheless, each program exhibited distinct cultures and rituals of reentry that were associated with fundamental differences in philosophy and differences in resources available to each program.
KW - Critical Time Intervention
KW - Engagement models
KW - Forensic Assertive Community Treatment
KW - Prisoners
KW - Reentry
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 24650496
AN - SCOPUS:84906220675
SN - 0160-2527
VL - 37
SP - 490
EP - 500
JO - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -