title: Better Prescribing in Correctional Facilities.
abstract: Serious mental illness is highly prevalent in jails and prisons, and treatment with psychiatric medications is often required. However, operational factors and patient characteristics make prescribing in correctional settings uniquely challenging. The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law has approved the formation of a working group to create a Resource Document examining best practices for prescribing psychiatric medications in these settings.
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tamburello
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons