The New Direction Of The Behavioral Health Field: Three Times More Mentally Ill In Prisons Than In Hospitals

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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Well, the final statistics are in. The future of the behavioral health field – and the focus of our marketing efforts – will likely be in corrections. Making this statement, I have flashbacks to the scene in the movie "The Graduate" where Benjamin Braddock – the character played by a much- younger Dustin Hoffman – receives the following advice: "I just want to say one word to you...'plastics'."

A new report by Human Rights Watch, "Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons & Offenders . . .