Scientific Meeting » The NIMH Director ’ s Innovation Speaker Series: America ’ s Hidden Mental Health Crisis - Alisa Roth and John McCarthy

One of the most horrific — and least acknowledged--effects of mass incarceration is the epidemic of mental illness in our jails and prisons. On November 13, 2018, Alisa Roth, journalist and author of Insane: America ’ s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness, will explain how this happened — and how we can fix it. Montgomery County Maryland ’ s State ’ s Attorney, John McCarthy, will discuss how mental health courts have improved public safety, prevented inappropriate incarceration, and transformed lives.

Source: National Institute of Mental Health - October 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news