Tamburello Anthony, Kaldany Herbert, Dickert Jeffery
a Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , Trenton , NJ , USA.
b New Jersey Department of Corrections , Trenton , NJ , USA.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;29(1):3-10. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2016.1248908.
Mental health administrators in correctional facilities have the complex task of balancing the clinical needs of incarcerated individuals and the safety and security missions of the facilities. This article describes the various structures of mental health administration within correctional facilities, the tasks commonly required of these professionals, and the skills necessary to be effective in this role. This editorial discusses the legal framework for mental healthcare in jails and prisons, staffing, cost containment, quality assurance and quality improvement, accreditation, peer review, morbidity and mortality reviews, utilization management, medication formularies, electronic health records, and innovative strategies as they apply to administrators of mental health services in correctional facilities. Throughout this article, practices are also included that have been found to be of value for managing a correctional mental health system.
惩教机构中的心理健康管理人员面临着一项复杂的任务，即平衡被监禁人员的临床需求与机构的安全保障任务。本文描述了惩教机构中心理健康管理的各种结构、这些专业人员通常需要承担的任务以及有效履行这一职责所需的技能。这篇社论讨论了监狱和看守所中精神卫生保健的法律框架、人员配备、成本控制、质量保证和质量改进、认证、同行评审、发病率和死亡率审查、利用管理、药物处方集、电子健康记录以及适用于惩教机构心理健康服务管理人员的创新策略。在本文中，还纳入了一些已被发现对管理惩教心理健康系统有价值的做法。
