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New Approaches to Preventing Criminal Justice Involvement Among Adults with Mental Illness

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Activity Dates: 04/17/2023 - 04/17/2026

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Target Audience

If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.

Session Summary

Since the closing of many state-run facilities in the United States in the 1960s, there has been a significant increase in the number of mentally ill in the jail and prison systems. This, coupled with the strengthening of the US’s criminal justice system, has led to a significant increase in the number of incarcerated individuals nationally, with our jails and prisons now acting as the largest mental health facilities in the country. Calls for criminal justice reform have included goals of identifying methods of reducing the incarceration of the mentally ill. These goals include an evaluation of ways in which mental health crises are managed within communities; provision of safe, affordable housing; interventions to reduce criminal recidivism among justice-involved patients; and the application of the ACT model to justice-involved individuals to allow for better community integration.

Published Research Related to this Session: 

  • Lamberti JS, Weisman RL.  Essential elements of forensic assertive community treatment.  Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 29:278-297, 2021.     
  • Lamberti JS, Katsetos V, Jacobowitz D, Weisman RL.  Psychosis, mania and criminal recidivism:  Associations and implications for prevention.  Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 28:179-202, 2020.

Course Requirements

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  • If necessary, complete the post-test retest no later than the closing activity date.
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Faculty Information

J. Steven Lamberti, MD

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Learning Objectives

  1. Review why people with serious mental illness are over-represented throughout the criminal justice system.
  2. Describe current pharmacological and psychosocial approaches to preventing criminal justice system involvement among individuals with serious mental illness.
  3. Discuss forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) as an emerging best practice for serving justice-involved adults with serious mental illness.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 04/17/2023 - 04/17/2026
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-23-031-H99-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.

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