The relative contributions of mental illness and substance use disorders to criminal
recidivism have important clinical and policy implications. This study reviewed 36 months of …

Methods This study was a continuous quality-improvement initiative that was approved by
the NJDOC’s Departmental Research Review Board (DRRB). The medical school’s …

Benzodiazepines (antianxiety medications) and quetiapine (an antipsychotic medication) are
subject to abuse in prison. Quetiapine is also expensive and has serious side effects. The …

The EXIT-CJS (N = 1005) multisite open-label randomized controlled trial will compare
retention and effectiveness of extended-release buprenorphine (XR-B) vs. extended-release …

The abuse of medications in prison is a phenomenon well known among correctional health
care professionals, and quetiapine has emerged as a drug of abuse in these settings. …

Objective: Negative health consequences of smoking have prompted many correctional
facilities to become tobacco free, including the New Jersey Department of Corrections, and this …

Delusional disorder has important implications for forensic psychiatrists, as delusions are not
infrequently related to criminal behavior. Thus, we hypothesized that delusional disorder is …

The principal aim of this study was to establish whether a metabolic monitoring program
implemented for second-generation antipsychotic medications (SGAs) was associated with any …

More than half of the state prisons in the United States outsource health care. While most
states contract with private companies, a small number of states have reached out to their …

We hypothesized that treating mentally ill inmates involuntarily with antipsychotic medication
would reduce the number of prison inpatient days and the number of inmates who receive …