MICA has three primary components: a 8-12 month residential therapeutic community component with a comprehensive array of mental health and substance abuse treatment and support services; an institutional after
Residential greenness is considered a unique and potentially modifiable exposure construct to reduce physiological stress and improve human health. Here this study aims to investigate the longitudinal relationships of residential greenness with incident
Residential facilities not primarily focused on specialty MH treatment were also excluded. Using facility zip codes from the 2023 National Directory of MH Treatment Facilities, which complements the 2022 N-SUMHSS survey, we also incorporated zip code–level information from the Agency for Heal...
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Like most public mental health systems, Wisconsin's Dane County had general hospitals with acute carepsychiatricinpatient units as the general point of entry for the seriously mentally ill. For patients whose behavior couldn’t be managed there or who would require a longer stay t...
In this word-image, Jeffreys is narrating his tour of Cook County Jail’s new Residential Treatment Unit (RTU), specifically a dormitory for prisoners with mental illness. He begins his description by observing a room full of video visitation screens that have been implemented to replace face-...
The fourth site was a university outpatient psychiatry clinic that serves a largely privately insured population in Madison, Wisconsin. Identical paper-and-pencil surveys assessing patients’ smartphone ownership and interest in using personal smartphones phones to monitor mental health were distributed to...
The mental health of students has become one of the top concerns in higher education. The number of students reporting distress and seeking services has dramatically increased, and colleges and universities are struggling to address these challenges. A rich and growing body of research documents the...
The incidence of mental health disorders in urban areas is increasing and there is a growing interest in using urban blue spaces (urban waterways, canals, lakes, ponds, coasts, etc.) as a tool to manage and mitigate mental health inequalities in the population. However, there is a dearth of...
criminal charges are dropped. A press release says so far DSHS won't follow what the county says are "clear statutory and court ordered legal requirements, leaving hundreds of individuals across the state to lose their chance for mental health treatment that might break the cycle of re-offense...