Severson M E
University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Lawrence 66045, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2000 Dec;36(6):571-87. doi: 10.1023/a:1001982118380.
In 1990, Kansas's Mental Health Reform legislation began transferring fiscal support for the delivery of mental health services away from state institutions and into the local community, culminating in the closure of one state hospital facility in 1997. Kansas jails were studied to determine the resulting impact of that hospital closure on the State's jail systems, including whether an increase in incarceration rates of persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses followed the closure of the hospital. Though a relationship between the hospital closure and incarceration rates cannot be substantiated, the results do provide a rare birds-eye view of the extent of and problems associated with the incarceration of persons with mental illness in a predominantly rural state.
1990年，堪萨斯州的心理健康改革立法开始将心理健康服务的财政支持从州立机构转移到当地社区，最终在1997年关闭了一家州立医院设施。对堪萨斯州的监狱进行了研究，以确定该医院关闭对该州监狱系统产生的影响，包括在医院关闭后，严重和持续性精神疾病患者的监禁率是否上升。虽然医院关闭与监禁率之间的关系无法得到证实，但研究结果确实提供了一个难得的宏观视角，呈现了在一个以农村为主的州，精神病患者被监禁的程度及相关问题。
