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Commentary: My Brother’s Keeper  Special Symposium Issue: The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Corrections


Author:  James  Knoll, M.D..


Source: Volume 08, Number 01, May/June 2006 , pp.7-9(3)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The review by Professor Cohen poses the question “when a clinician comes to believe that the abusive behavior of an officer is contributing to an inmate-patient’s mental illness, does the clinician file a report?” This is the type of real-world ethical dilemma that correctional mental health staff commonly encounters.

Keywords: Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons, Ted Conover, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, countertransference

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