Transition Planning from Jail; Treatment Engagement,Continuity of Care,and Rearrest

Mental illness is experienced at a higher rate among incarcerated individuals than the general population. This study is one of the first assessing the association of a jail-based mental health (MH) transition planning program with continuity of care (CoC) (defined as no gap in treatment upon reentry), behavioral health treatment engagement, and rearrest. A one group pre-posttest design merged three data sources: program, community-based MH treatment, and jail data. Participants included 161 people from a Midwest metropolitan county jail. The utilization of MH treatment significantly increased after the program, particularly stabilizing services (i.e. case management). Individuals who engaged most in the program had greater odds of treatment engagement and increased odds of CoC. Time to first rearrest was delayed for those who received CoC. By providing transition planning services, jails and community-based services may increase treatment engagement and CoC, and reduce the risk and frequency of rearrest.

     

Non-ribosomal factors in ribosome subunit assembly are emerging targets for new antibacterial drugs

It is becoming increasingly clear that bacterial ribosome assembly is catalyzed by a variety of non-ribosomal factors. Newly characterized factors in bacterial ribosome biogenesis are broadly conserved and often indispensable proteins that can be classified either as chaperones facilitating assembly, or enzymes with ribosomal RNA- and ribosomal protein-modifying functions. Accumulating evidence indicates that the proteins Era, Obg, YjeQ, YlqF and RimM are chaperones which may be crucial to bacterial ribosome assembly, and therefore represent novel targets for modern antibacterial drug discovery. Ongoing work aimed at understanding ribosome biogenesis is expected to continue to yield additional factors crucial to this process, and provide new targets with drug discovery potential.     

Comparing For-Profit and Nonprofit Mental Health Services in County Jails

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Lost in Transition: The Behavioral Health Needs of Veterans in Eight County Jails

The behavioral health needs, service utilization, and discharge planning provision of veterans in jails have been understudied, yet practitioners must understand each component to ensure veterans’ behavioral health needs are met through linkage to culturally-appropriate services. Thus, this study asked: How do veterans differ from non-veterans regarding behavioral health needs, jail-based service engagement, and discharge planning within jails? How do jails identify veterans and are they referred to culturally-appropriate services? In a booking sample across eight jails, this evaluative, cross-sectional study compared veterans to non-veterans by demographics, criminal/legal outcomes, behavioral health needs, and receipt of jail-based behavioral health and discharge planning services. Additionally, the process by which booking officers and jail-based clinicians identify veterans was assessed. Veterans were more likely to be male, older, to have received mental health services prior to their jail stay, and to misuse alcohol. They are less likely to have insecure housing and misuse drugs. No differences existed for length of stay in jail nor recidivism. Veterans were equally likely to receive jail-based behavioral health services, but less likely to receive discharge planning services. While many veterans identified their military status at booking, just over one-third who received services from clinicians were identified as veterans. Of those identified by clinicians, few were referred to culturally-appropriate services as part of their discharge planning. Practitioners in the criminal/legal and mental health systems need to collaborate and develop processes that successfully identify and link veterans to culturally-appropriate services.