Corrections Community

Back in May, 2007, I wrote a blog: How Do You Identify the Mentally Ill in Your Jail? , that included information on the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) and the gender specific Correctional Mental Health Screen (CMHS). A new NIJ-funded report, Developing and Validating a Brief Jail Mental Health...

The National Institute of Justice has released a new publication, " Mental Health Screens for Corrections ", which includes the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) and the gender specific Correctional Mental Health Screen (CMHS). These screens can be completed in less than five minutes...