Correctional psychiatry has received increasing recognition as an area of practice with unique skills and knowledge. The Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry brings together American and international experts to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Students and psychiatric residents will find basic information that prepares them for clinical rotations, and psychiatrists working in jails and prisons will find a detailed review of the complex issues that arise in these settings.

The Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry contains 73 chapters divided into 14 sections. The first three sections address history, structure, and processes including chapters on case law, human rights, ethics, organization and funding of systems, and stages of patient management that cover initial assessments through re-entry. The next three sections review in turn a broad array of management issues, emergencies, and psychopharmacology topics. Among other topics, these sections include chapters on sleep, detoxification, reassessment of community diagnoses and treatments, diversion programs, levels of care, malingering, substance use within facilities, and formulary management. Section seven has chapters on common psychiatric disorders, relevant medical disorders, and pain management. Sections eight through ten focus on psychotherapeutic options, suicide risk management, and addictions treatment. Chapters on aggression, self-injury, and other behavioral challenges appear in Section
eleven. Section twelve reviews unique assessment and treatment needs of many distinct population groups. Special topics such as forensics, psychological testing, sexual assaults, quality improvement, training, and research, appear in Section thirteen, followed by a section devoted to current resources in correctional healthcare.

The range of topics covered and the number of prominent contributors set this book apart from other available resources. Readers at all stages of their careers will gain the depth of understanding and practical information they need to approach all of the common clinical, organizational, and ethical challenges they face.

About the Author:
Robert L. Trestman is a Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Nursing at UCONN, and heads UConn Health Correctional Managed Health Care. He received his PhD in Psychology and MD from the University of Tennessee, and trained in psychiatry and neurobiology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Trestman has studied the neurobiology and treatment of people with severe mood and personality disorders, and conducts translational research on correctional health. He has published widely, consults to the NIMH, SAMHSA, DOJ and the Vera Institute of Justice, and is Board Chairman of the Child Health and Development Institute.
Kenneth Appelbaum is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Correctional Mental Health Policy and Research in Commonwealth Medicine (CWM), the health care consulting division of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. From 1998 - 2007 he served as Director of Mental Health for the CWM correctional health program with responsibility for mental health services provided to all inmates in Massachusetts Department of Correction facilities, including Bridgewater State Hospital. He currently provides consultations on staffing, programming, policy, and safety for state and federal mental health and prison mental health systems. His academic interests in correctional mental health include epidemiology, service delivery models, administrative and clinical policies, self-injurious behaviors, and treatment of serious mental disorders.
Jeffrey L. Metzner received his M.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1975 and completed his psychiatric residency at the University of Colorado's Department of Psychiatry during 1979. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado, where he is also Associate Director of the forensic fellowship program.
Dr. Metzner has written extensively on the psychiatric care of prison populations. He has provided consultation to judges, special masters, monitors, state departments of corrections, city and county jails, U.S. Department of Justice, the National Prison Project, and others involved in the field of correctional psychiatry in over 36 states.