Stigma’s Impact In Prison & After Release On Individuals With Mental Illness
Stigma against behavioral health care holds powerful sway inside penal institutions. Indeed, its power is such that it reaches beyond prison walls to afflict individuals after release, compromising medication adherence and increasing recidivism.
This is the contention of a paper written by David Farabee, of the Department of Population Health at New York University, and three colleagues who are affiliated with the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los …
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