Correctional Psychiatry Overview

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Objectives:  Participants will be able to: 

• Describe the clinical care needs of incarcerated people with mental illness

• Identify the main objectives of correctional psychiatry

• Describe the roles that psychiatrists play in correctional psychiatry

• Recognize the barriers to more effective collaboration between mental health and correctional  professionals

• Understand the skills and experiences that contribute to career satisfaction in correctional psychiatry

4.      The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals are awarded ( 0.1 ) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 1.0 contact hours.

Presenters for this program have been requested to identify financial or other relationships with manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) or with provider(s) of any commercial service(s) which, in the context of their topics, could be perceived as real or apparent conflicts of interest.

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