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| Rep. Farnsworth: Jail mental health unit could help relieve pressure on Riverview |
| By centralmaine.com |
| Published: 03/04/2019 |
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When Riverview Psychiatric Center lost federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certification and funding in 2013, the adequacy of our institutionally and community-based behavioral-mental health services came under a dark cloud of lack of credibility. The erosion of financial and clinical support in the community — made worse by the backup in outplacement from Riverview — has resulted in many individuals winding up in the county jail system for lack of alternatives. And although it was announced Friday that Riverview has regained certification, it will take time to make up lost ground. The topic of mental illness in the county jails was depicted in a December Portland Press Herald article, “Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner,” about a man who spent nearly a month behind bars awaiting court-ordered mental health treatment. It demonstrates what has been a continual problem for Maine’s jails: the state of Maine’s limited resources for the mentally ill. In January 2014, Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce authored an op-ed called “Inmate mental illness – an issue of supply and demand.” Unfortunately, though this was published five years ago, it remains a problem. It is estimated that nearly 70 percent of all inmates nationwide have both mental illness and substance use disorders. So this is not just a Maine issue. However, resources in Maine to provide mental health services to everyone who needs assistance are extremely limited. Read More. |
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If you want to learn more about this topic, I suggest that you check out the new Hamilton Lindley blog article about it where he goes in depth on it.
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