It’s grim, but true: county jails are the largest mental health provider in the United States. Practitioners in these facilities are on the front lines of the mental health crisis, working in facilities that may not be equipped to support ever-evolving demands for health care services.  In this episode we discuss the breadth and depth of mental health issues - diagnosed and undiagnosed - experienced by those within correctional and detention facilities; the unique and ubiquitous problem of trauma; what it’s like to provide correctional mental health services; and what’s being done now in the design of carceral institutions that is contributing to positive outcomes for those receiving treatment.

Guest: Robin Timme, Psy.D., ABPP